I joined this campaign to help one of my favorite bloggers, Mike Ervin, who writes the awesomeblog, Smart Ass Cripple should be required reading if you are curious about what it's like to live with a disability.Or, like me, you need that tiny hit of recognition every week or so.
Anyway, like any crip watching his state legislature head into budget season, Mike is more than a little worried. Mike, as well as 35,000 other Illinois residents with disabilities, relies on his state's Home Services Program(HSP) to fund the "pit crew" that gets him ready every day so he can snark online.Without that program, he couldn't afford the support and might have to be institutionalized, probably at far more expense to the taxpayer. Follow me below the fold to sign a petition in support of this popular program!
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