Category Archives: 2020

2020 Presidential Primary Candidate Survey on Disability

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From the Disability Rights Center in New Hampshire.  DRC partners with 24 disability advocacy organizations in NH.

In an effort to inform individuals with disabilities about the 2020 presidential primary candidates twenty-four New Hampshire based organizations joined together and requested that each campaign answer five disability related questions. You can view candidate responses below, either by selecting a particular candidate or by selecting a particular question.

Topics included are:

  • Employment’
  • Assistive Technology
  • Special Education
  • Mental Health Services
  • Workforce Shortage

You can view the answers by candidate, or by question.

drcnh.org/2020-presidential-candidate-survey

 

July 15 – 19: National Disability Voter Registration Week!

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July 15 – 19, 2019

Be Seen.  Be Heard.  Be Counted.

“In 2020, approximately 23% of the American electorate — over 35 million individuals — will be people with disabilities. Your vote affects everything. Who you vote for impacts your civil rights and direct access to health care, education, transportation, housing and the list goes on and on. We encourage you to participate in our non-partisan REV UP campaign to increase the political power & civic participation of the disability community while also engaging candidates and the media on disability issues.”  from AAPD – American Association of People with Disabilities

National Disability Voter Registration Week

2020 Candidates – No Accessible Websites!

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Not one 2020 candidate has a website that is accessible to the blind

From Vox.com, June 26, 2019 by s. e. smith

2020 candidates and disability

“On Tuesday, a day before the first Democratic debates, every presidential candidate (including the Republican one) was called out by the Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired for having an inaccessible campaign site”.

The 2020 elections are a year and a half away.  Clearly, it is not too early to make sure the candidates are focusing on disability issues!  This article also talks about which candidates have at least mentioned disability issues.

If you have a favorite candidate, reach out to them, and let them know that the disability vote counts!  And disability issues matter.