Recent events have caused me to think long and hard about the plight of the disabled. We now find ourselves in a country which is clearly showing hostility to the poor.
Far-right propaganda forces such as Fox News and Rush Limbaugh keep telling us the poor deserve their fate.
It appears they have never fought poverty from a wheelchair. The whole world is stacked against you. Other severe disabling conditions have the same repercussions. People suffering severe disability run into one roadblock after another.
Until recently our state government (California) showed us some compassion. We could be productive individuals within the boundaries of our disability.
The help we received from the state at least kept us from being a complete liability to our families and loved ones.
Certain political forces have worked against us. As I see it, the Republicans (allegedly inspired by the infamous Grover Norquist) want little or no help to go to the severely or catastrophically disabled. Or to our schools.
To battle back, we need to make some phone calls. Or many phone calls. We, the disabled, and those who care for us must do the same.
Let your voice be heard! What your state assembly person or state senator doesn’t know can hurt you.
Look up your state assembly person or state senator by name online and give them a phone call soon!
If we pull together, we can overcome these bad times.
Send e-mails, send postcards, send letters, make telephone calls to your legislators. .
Let them know in the halls of power that we are here, we vote and we remember what is being done to us.
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