The Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission
Serving Ohioans with Disabilities
Disability Advocate and Service Award Nominations Being Accepted
Nominate an outstanding service provider or advocate for people with disabilities
The Denise Joanne Weisenborn Service Award honors Ohioans who provide outstanding services to people with disabilities to make their participation in society more meaningful. The late Denise Weisenborn was an attorney and an exemplary disability advocate. The Parma resident, who was a commissioner with the Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission, devoted the last years of her life to promoting the state’s adoption of a Medicaid Buy-In program so that people with disabilities could become employed without fear of losing health coverage. She also served as a member of both the Ohio Governor's Council on People with Disabilities and the Ohio Developmental Disabilities Council. Ms. Weisenborn, who had a severe disability, used the services of personal care assistants on a daily basis.
The Ben Bonanno Disability Advocate Award honors outstanding disability advocacy accomplishments. It recognizes a person whose advocacy efforts have significantly improved the employment possibilities of Ohioans with disabilities in a manner consistent with RSC’s mission to help Ohioans with disabilities get jobs and achieve independence. Former RSC Commission Chair Ben M. Bonanno has devoted his life’s work to advocacy on behalf of people with all types of disabilities, especially, those with intellectual disabilities He is the Executive Director Emeritus of Cleveland’s Center for Mental Retardation (The Arc of Cuyahoga County).
Nomination forms are available at http://rsc.ohio.gov/
Application deadlines for both awards are March 13, 2008.
Awards will be presented at the June 2, 2008 Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission Meeting.
Award Contact Information:
Shirley Marchi via e-mail shirley.marchi@rsc.state.oh.us or
phone: (614) 438-1214
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