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Absolutely no political party in the US is railing against the disabled. The ADA was championed by Bush - a Republican candidate.

Especially seeing how many people in “rural America” are claiming disability benefits that could work. But don’t have the necessary skills to get the jobs available are a willingness to move to where the jobs are.

Yes I realize that moving somewhere without the extended family support system is an issue and it’s failing of the government and job training services

https://projecte3.com/rural-americans/

Edit: I see I just got accused of being “ablist” in a now dead comment.

I have cerebral palsy

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42611512

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I'd argue neither political party is helping people with disabilities, and both are pretty strongly neglecting them. I don't think any of the current slate of politicians care at all. Bush I was a generation ago.

What exactly should the government be doing that it isn’t doing? I’m speaking as someone with a slight disability

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42611326

More details, it’s more of an irritation for me than a life altering issue - my CP is such that I can only grab things with my left hand and I have a slight limp because of weakness in my left foot. But properly conditioned, I can run a 10 minute mile (not great. But not bad).

So this is an honest question, I (or my parents) really haven’t needed much government help even though I did go through various therapies until I was 12 when my “therapy” became lifting weights.

Read some of the items here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42611374

> The ADA was championed by Bush - a Republican candidate.

No it fucking wasn't. What are you smoking?

>n 1986, the National Council on Disability had recommended the enactment of an Americans with Disabilities Act and drafted the first version of the bill which was introduced in the House and Senate in 1988.

It was signed into law in 1990.

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/americans-with-d...

> Despite pressure from some church groups, who felt the ADA unfairly burdened them, the bill passed the House by unanimous voice vote and the Senate 76-6, paving the way for its signing on July 26 by President Bush, who said, “Let the shameful wall of exclusion finally come tumbling down.”

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