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Think about this the next time you drive up to your own home sweet home. Most people don't
have any problems getting into their own homes and know that their going to be able to use
any part of the house safely and easily. People who have physical disabilities don't always
get to assume these things, because the average house presents many barriers to independence
and safety for them. You may not think that you can do anything about it, but you can.
Hello!
I'm visiting in the home here of Ben. Ben is one of those folks that I mentioned that
can't simply drive up in to his driveway and assume that he's going to get into the house
and everything's going to work perfectly. But Ben and his family are doing something
about it. What are you doing, Ben?
We are doing a survey for people that have disabilities and can't live on their own.
Okay. And the survey is online, right?
The survey is online. Their website is livingonyourown.org.
Great. And so we're actually encouraging anybody watching the video to share this with the
people they know of with disabilities. Go to that website livingonyourown.org fill out
the short survey, because all of that information is going to help Ben and his family present
a case and figure out what?
Figure out what we need to put in the housing plans, whether it will be a tracking system
or an alarm system or somebody 24/7.
We think there's a lot of people like Ben that want to live on their own. And so this
way is going to give us a picture of what the needs are in our community.
So rather than just saying everybody needs these four things, you're actually right now
in the process of asking people: What are the things that you need to be able to live
independently?
Yeah.
I think that's pretty smart. How many people do you need to fill out your survey.
Well, we're asking for 300 surveys to be completed by when is the--
By the end of spring. Maybe like by June.
By June so we can start the other process and get some grants going by October is what
we're shooting for.
I tell you what. As a person who lives in Nebraska I appreciate the grassroots efforts
that you guys are doing this pretty much all on your own right now. That's going to benefit
a lot of people, and I really encourage all of you to get on this website, do that survey,
and that way you will also be helping a lot of people who live in Nebraska. Hopefully,
eventually get some housing that works for them, and allows them to live on their own.
Absolutely.
My name is on the website. If you just go to contact living at your own.org. My name
is on the website and also my email is on the website. As well as, how to reach me if
you need any questions you can get a hold of me.
That sounds great. Thank you a lot.
You're welcome.
So share the news and share the video. Tell people about the survey and help out those
Nebraskans who are not able to just come right up to their house and assume that they can
get in and that everything is going to work out just great.