From Self-Advocates Becoming Empowered (July 24, 2009):
Chester Finn, President of SABE Visits ADAPTers Camped Out for 5 Days at the Democratic National Headquarters
I think the disability community overall should be supporting ADAPT. They were camped out for 5 days in the hot sun for us. They were camped out in front of the Democratic National Headquarters.
The Headquarters staff tried to take their essentials away but the police said they were on public property and could stay. But they did take their porta potti away. All this is just one of the ways they tried to get them to stop advocating to get rid of the institutional bias.
People talk about Dr. King and what a great man he was. But many only supported him after he died. We have real heroes and heroines from ADAPT fighting for us. Few groups are respecting that they are fighting for us. And they are not just fighting for the Community Choice Act (CCA), it is all part of a civil rights movement.
People have formed their opinions about ADAPT and the disability community without getting the facts and stopping to talk to ADAPTers at the Democratic National Headquarters to find out what they are advocating for. Isn’t forming opinions about people without the facts like discrimination? So wouldn’t it be better to ask then to assume.
I am asking you to call your Senators and Representatives to ask them once again to support CCA. But also find out why ADAPT and the disability community is pushing for freedom for our lives.
why isnt AAPD standing up with the ADAPT people instead of grandstanding about Sottomajor in front of the TV cameras? AAPD has drunk the obama Koolade.
Posted by: John Smith | August 04, 2009 at 12:33 AM