Editorial Advocating involvement People with disabilities are not the primary clients of independent living centers, says Stephen L. Brown in our cover story this issue. If we do not change our communities, it won't matter what we do with specific individuals. Our cover story this issue is the second of what we hope will be a series of articles exploring the concept and practice of running independent living centers. The Southern New Mexico CIL, where Brown landed last fall as Acting Executive Director. Whether change is accomplished by force of law or other means is irrelevant.
Different tactics work in different places at different times.
What does matter is the result. But CIL advocates were having none of it. They see that the problem is Sandusky's failure to follow Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act and maintain city curb cuts. We talked with Shona Eakin and Renee Riddle of Toledo's Center. Eakin rode in her chair alongside Dillery as they inspected the neighborhood.