LIST OF WITNESSES TO APPEAR BEFORE
COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
SUBCOMMITTEE ON SOCIAL SECURITY ON
BARRIERS PREVENTING SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY
RECIPIENTS FROM RETURNING TO WORK


THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1997 - BEGINNING AT 1:00 P.M.
ROOM B-318 RAYBURN HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING


PANEL:

Susan Webb, Subcommittee Board Member, National Council on Independent Living, Executive Director, Arizona Bridge to Independent Living, Phoenix, Arizona

Bonnie O'Day, Chair, National Council on Disability

Tony Young, Policy Associate, United Cerebral Palsy, Co-Chair, Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities Vocational Working Group

Lorraine Sheehan, Chairperson, Governmental Affairs Committee, The Arc of the United States; accompanied by
Marty Ford, Assistant Director, Governmental Affairs Office, The Arc of the United States

Brenda Crabbs, Current Social Security Disability Insurance Beneficiary, Baltimore, Maryland, on behalf of National Arthritis Foundation

Suzanne Erb, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (former Social Security Disability Insurance Beneficiary)


PANEL:

John Halliday, Director, Bureau of Rehabilitation Services, Windsor, Connecticut; and Chair, Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation, Social Security Relationship Committee

Richard Christman, Executive Director, Metro Industries Inc., Lexington, Kentucky; and Member, American Rehabilitation Association

Thor Hessellund, President, National Association of Rehabilitation Professionals in the Private Sector, Pleasant Hill, California

Fred Tenney, President, Southwest Business Industry and Rehabilitation Association, Scottsdale, Arizona

Steven L. Start, Chief Executive Officer and President, S.L. Start & Associates Inc., Spokane, Washington