FDR wheelchair now law Franklin Delano Roosevelt will be in a wheelchair at the Roosevelt Memorial. A bill signed by Pres. Organizing efforts turned to getting local and national disability organizations to formally back the legislation. At press time, nearly 100 disability groups had issued endorsements. Though the bill would effect an historic change in how this country treats people with severe disabilities, there has been virtually no press coverage of either HR 2020 or a similar Senate bill, S879, which would also require Medicaid to fund in-home services.
Congressional insiders give it less chance of passage, though, simply due to partisan politics.
Let's get hearings. The Americans with Disabilities Act, passed over seven years ago, was supposed to ensure access to buildings. An article in last January's Courier Journal, though, didn't do much to put the fear of the law into area hotels. No hotels were spurred to beef up access for the group, although the Hyatt Regency did come through with the requisite number of rooms as well as TDDs and other access items. Organizers hope crips turn out in force to speak their mind.