We welcome your suggestions for newsletter content and ideas concerning the actions of the Council. On Target is made available in accessible formats upon request. They were greeted with opening remarks from Dr. Gary Miller, Council chairperson, and Indiana Lieutenant Governor Joe Kernan. Gov. Kernan spoke about the weather and about how, when Mother Nature puts circumstances on us, there are things we can do about them to get where we need to be. Following Kernan's comments, Suellen Jackson-Boner, executive director of the Council, introduced Duane Hazelbaker from Ameritech, the corporate sponsor once again of the 2001 Disability Awareness Month campaign poster.
Friends focus on the person.
Not the disability. Bond also spoke about a landmark Supreme Court case, University of Alabama v. Garrett, which will have repercussions throughout the disability community. Oral arguments were heard in October, and a ruling is expected in early 2001. I teach people about the value of being a person, not the disability. Today, People First Canada is a federation of People First groups around the country whose primary goal is to promote equality for all people who have been labeled as having a mental disability.