FORUM: Who Showed Up and What They Talked About

The Audience
Over 600 New Hampshire voters with disabilities and their families and friends showed up for today's historic, first-ever national, cross-disability presidential candidate forum, hosted by a variety of New Hampshire advocacy organizations and sponsored by over twenty national disability organizations. 
(PICTURED ABOVE: Ted Kennedy, Jr., AAPD Board Secretary, prepares the stage before the forum).

Which Candidates Showed Up 

Five presidential candidates arrived in person to share their positions on a variety of disability issues (Clinton, Biden, Dodd, Kucinich, Gravel), one candidate sent a surrogate to provide a message on his behalf (Edwards), and one joined via phone call (McCain).

What They Talked About

Senator Clinton - Community Choice Act, ADA Restoration, reinstating President Clinton's executive order calling on federal agencies to hire 100,000 people with disabilities within five years.

Senator Biden - State implementation and Department of Justice (DOJ) enforcement of the Olmstead decision, education for all

Senator Dodd - Help America Vote Act (HAVA), strengthening enforcement of the ADA, affordable, accessible transportation, fully funding IDEA, improving access to telecommunications and technology, his sister Carolyn, who is legally blind

Congressman Kucinich - his single-payer health care plan, his childhood experience with a speech impediment

Congressman David Bonior (on behalf of Senator Edwards) - the connection between disability and poverty, improving accessible transportation, fully funding IDEA, reinstating President Clinton's executive order of hiring 100,000 people with disabilities into the federal workforce

Senator Gravel - his criticisms of representational
government and his recommendation that laws be made by the people directly, his childhood experience with dyslexia and his adult experience with neuropathy

Senator McCain - improving services for returning veterans with disabilities, strengthening the ADA

 

(PICTURED LEFT: Advocates from People First pose in front of the stage between candidate appearances).



Webcast and Transcript

The webcast archive and transcript are to be made available in coming days (details to follow in coming emails)... stay tuned!

(11/19 UPDATE: Transcripts are now available for download, divided into morning and afternoon files)

Pictures
View pictures of the event.
Many additional pictures will be made available on the GSIL website next week.

News Coverage

The back of the large room in which the forum was held was a tangle of cords and cameras, with significant media presence especially during the morning hours.

News stories have already begun to circulate from several major news outlets and are included below:

Associated Press: "Dodd's inspiration at forum: sister"

CBS News: "Candidates Address Disabilities Forum"

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