Disability activists are speaking out, and they want Democratic candidates to hear them:
December 18, 2019, 9:41 AMVeterans explain the difficulties of being disabled when traveling and talk the importance of accommodating travelers with disabilities.As the sixth Democratic primary debate draws near, Gregg Beratan, a disability rights activist and member of the American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today, waits in anticipation for Democratic hopefuls to address a group that has been largely neglected in previous debates: the 61 million Americans living with disabilities.
President George H. W. Bush signs the Americans with Disabilities Act during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, July 26, 1990. "Candidates still see disabilities as medical issues rather than social issues," he said."I’m not saying that we don’t have medical needs, but medicalization overshadows the issues we are talking about. We’ve made progress, but that medical model is still holding us back in terms of political understanding."
People rally outside the courthouse the New York County courthouse to advocate for greater accessibility to the New York subway for the disabled, in New York, Nov. 6, 2019.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says one in four adults has a physical or mental disability. Between the ages of 18 and 44, one in three 3 adults face extensive barriers to health care access such as the absence of a regular health care provider and unmet needs as a result of cost.
"A lot of these candidates have disability plans on their websites and have spoken in forums," Beratan said."But watching the debates, you wouldn’t know that there is a disability community."
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