Disability, that is,
On Monday, August 25, 2008, Senator Tom Harkin spoke at the DNC for the first few minutes in sign language, an interpreter at his side.
(In American sign language) I'm happy to see so many people with disabilities here. I am proud to have your support for the Democratic Party.
(Spoken) We Iowans have a strong, vibrant, two-party political system. However, we do not genuflect to blind ideology. We value thoughtful discourse rather than slogans and posturing we hold dear our freedom.
Governor David Paterson also addressed the DNC on disability issues, briefly describing his own experiences with education and employment opportunities. He provided statistics showing the high unemployment rate of people with disabilities. A vide of his speech is below.
And what about Disaboom at the DNC being movers and shakers? Check it out.
Beth Robinson, a military wife who has MS, addressed the convention last night, as reported here at Disabled Politico. While you're over there, check out the blow by blow convention coverage!
3 comments:
thanks this is great
I have mixed feelings about this. All this level of publicity is great, but I have an online friend with CP who is at the convention and she's had horrible problems with access, mostly in terms of transportation. There was no accessible transport for her to/from the disability caucus even! And it's not like she hadn't been asking about this for months. I think she's planning on publicly blogging about it once she gets home but hasn't had time to do so from the convention.
Penelope,
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