The first typewriter was built for a blind person to use. Today everyone uses one. The first curb cuts were made to allow people in wheelchairs to get out into the community. Today, mothers with strollers depend on them. Bicyclists do, too. When we empower one, all benefit.
Let’s remind our elected leaders to invest in programs and gizmos that help people. This work is not a burden on society. It’s more like fertilizer: it makes the whole community garden grow better.
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Take turns with each person saying one thing he or she needs to make his or her life better. Talk about who else in society might benefit from the same thing. |
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Resources |
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Human rights are a good example of something that everyone benefits from. Here are two good human rights books for self-advocates: |
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International Agreement on the Rights of Disabled People
The UK Office for Disability has written a book about the new UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities. The UK’s easy-to-read rights book goes through the parts of the Convention one by one and explains them all in easy words and pictures. |
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We Have Human Rights
In July, we featured this book by the Harvard Project on Disability on these same UN Rights. |
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