And the Democrats countered Miss America and the cop with Christopher Reeve at their convention in Chicago. Maybe they see that we are making a push to register the millions of us who are not registered. And maybe they see that we are not happy with any of them. Photo ops and cheery get-togethers with crippled folks can't dissipate the anger at Washington skullduggery to gut support programs for people with disabilities. We're tired of their talk about making us independent and not wasting our lives.
Talk is cheap.
Remember, unemployment among working age people with disabilities runs at 70 percent. Many of us don't have and can't get or cannot afford health care. Many of us are denied real educations. Many of us on SSI still can't even marry without imperilling our benefits. I think of power, too, when we celebrate the anniversary of the ADA every July.