article_snippet: Alas, both -- along with a huge swathe of other vital services -- are under attack by the administration of Bruce Rauner, the new Republican governor of Illinois.
article_snippet: Unwilling to think about new revenue, all Rauner can do is cut programs.
article_snippet: Second, Rauner's cuts are taking place against the backdrop of a bigger attack on disability.
article_snippet: Like Rauner, other governors are cutting services in the name of austerity.
article_snippet: Scott Walker, in Wisconsin, has proposed cutting long-term care services in such a way as to limit individual choice of caregivers and service providers, empowering the healthcare industry and not disabled Americans.
article_snippet: Florida has gutted benefits to severely disabled individuals in workers' compensation cases and eliminated countless positions in the Department of Health.
article_snippet: Respite programs, which the Rauner budget eliminates entirely, provide qualified assistance to people who care for people with disabilities.  
highlights_snippet: Governors are making the wrong choice by aiming to cut disability programs and benefits .
  