| Disability Rights Info vis-a-vis the US Presidential Candidates |
[Feb. 5th, 2008|07:21 am] |
This comes a bit late, I know, but I wanted to pass on some info to those in the US who have a primary election to vote in today or soon (and those who won't be voting in the primary but want to start considering their options for the general). I'd like to add that I've been trying to compile this information for quite a while, but it still, unfortunately, does not exist in any comprehensive format. I'm talking about disability rights - including but not limited to health care, equal opportunity employment, education, voting rights and the like.
Democrats:
Barack Obama is the only remaining candidate, Republican or Democrat, who has released a detailed plan regarding how he will address disability related issues. It's long, but worth reading.You can find it here (PDF format). Update: A text version of the PDF file is now located here.
Hillary Clinton has not released a comprehensive plan dealing with disability issues, but she has answered the questionnaire sent out by the AAPD and several other organizations. You can find the questions and her answers here (web page, HTML format). She also gave a speech at the Granite State Independent Living Forum in New Hampshire which can be found here. Update: There is a page on Hillary Clinton's site that discusses the ADA here.
Republicans:
I visited the web pages of every Republican currently in the running and dug around extensively - I was unable to find anything specifically addressing disability rights issues (which is why I've put off posting this for so long - I don't want to come off as partisan). No Republican candidate has answered the AAPD et al questionnaire. Here is what I *have* been able to find:
Ron Paul has a section on his site devoted to veterans' issues which can be found here.
Mike Huckabee has a health care page here.
Mitt Romney's health care page is here.
John McCain's health care page is here.
All of the above are standard web pages which should be screen reader accessible. Again, please let me know if you have problems with them and I will find some way to make this information accessible to you.
I'm not making this post to infer that any of us are or should be single-issue voters - I'm just disseminating the information I've found on this particular topic. If you have found additional information on the disability rights stances of the candidates, comment to this post and I will happily add it in.
And if you live in the US and you can't/don't get to the polls for the primaries, please vote in November!
(crossposted to ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) no_pity) |
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| Followup to previous post: Barack Obama's Disability Rights Plan (full text) |
[Feb. 5th, 2008|11:14 am] |
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Since Barack Obama's disability rights plan was only available in PDF format, I've converted it to text for those with older screenreaders or who have trouble accessing PDFs. I've posted it here because it seems the easiest and most accessible format, in terms of users not having to download anything. Please feel free to link to it. This is a public post. Since the full text is nine pages, I'm going to put it ( under this LJ cut ) |
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