Disability issues enter spotlight in 2020 presidential race
Originally published January 28, 2020 by d
Most polling places presented barriers for people with disabilities during the 2016 election, a new government report indicates. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune/TNS)
People with disabilities are becoming a political force. One sign of the demographic’s new clout is the detailed, wide-ranging disability policy packages released by frontrunners for the Democratic nomination Joe Biden and Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. Disability community leaders attribute the shift in part to large-scale efforts including #CripTheVote and the health care bill protests in 2017.
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