: Black Caucus; Invacare Recall, 9/11 Heroes

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This Week's Show
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2002


* Congressional Black Caucus Hears Disability Concerns
* Remembering 9/11 from a Disability Perspective
* Invacare's efforts to recall power chairs questioned


CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS HEARS DISABILITY CONCERNS:
On A Roll will orginiate live from the Radio America Studios in Washington DC this week. Greg will be in the Nation's Capitol to moderate a panel discussion before the Congressional Black Caucus entitled: Real Promises to Keep - Meeting the Needs of African Americans with Disabilities. To preview the forum, On A Roll will feature in-studio interviews with activist Bobby Coward, and with Jody Wildy from the Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy. The Honorable Representative Donna Christensen from the United States Virgin Islands has been invited to participate by telephone. She is the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Health Braintrust. Folks in the DC area can hear this broadcast on the air live, Sunday at 6pm on WWRC, 1260-AM.

SEPTEMBER 11 -- A LOOK BACK
Jere Longman's book "Among the Heroes" personofies all of the passengers aboard the ill-fated United Flight 93. Among them was Colleen Fraser, The Progressive Center for Independent Living, Inc. (PCIL) in Ewing, N.J. Greg will read a portion of the book that introduces the nation to Coleen and talk to people who knew her.

POWER WHEELCHAIR RECALL
An article in the Cleveland Plain Dealer on September 1 reports that Invacare Corporation settled a lawsuit last month for more than $7 million after defective wiring on one of its wheelchairs sparked and caught fire, badly burning a 65-year-old quadriplegic woman. Other lawsuits have been filed in recent years, including two cases in which people were killed. The article questions Invacare's handling of the situation and the nature in which the company promoted the recall. Did you know that Invacare has recalled all powered wheelchairs made from 1985 to 2000? You can read the newspaper article at http://cleveland.com/business/plaindealer/index.ssf?/xml/story.ssf/html_standard.xsl?/base/business/1030872676100890.xml and Invacare's response at http://www.invacare.com/cgi- bin/imhqprd/inv_news/newsArticleOnly.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0936366965.1031337615@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccgadcgdhgiklfcflgcefmdffgdfhn.0&passedChildOID=536966471&from=Home

ON A ROLL THANKS:

** General Motors Mobility Center
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** Raymond James
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** Invacare
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** iCan! Solutions for an Accessible World
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**World Congress & Exposition on Disabilities
Orlando, Florida -- October 3-5
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