A President for Equal Rights
[SARN Memo for February 11, 2009]
Perhaps a little fresh air is blowing in the land. Remember how our last president would not sign the UN treaty on disability rights? It was maddening. It was embarrassing. It was the wrong stand to take.
Well, our new president has said he will sign the UN treaty. He says he wants the US to be a leader in disability rights. He has a plan—and it fits with the goals of self-advocacy.
Respond to this memo!1. The President's Plan
The Obama plan for Americans with disabilities has four parts:
- Provide equal educational opportunities
- End discrimination
- Increase the employment rate
- Support independent, community-based living
This plan sounds good. Now it’s up to us to keep up the pressure so that they deliver on this plan.
Learn more at the Obama Web site: www.barackobama.com/issues/disabilities/
2. Resource
We Have Human Rights
(28 pp, full color)
Today’s memo is based on a dynamite new book for people with developmental disabilities. You can use it to learn about your rights. You can also use it to talk with others about your rights. It even has great exercises for your group. It’s written for self-advocates around the world.
- Free download. Get a free download copy of the book from the publisher, Harvard Project on Disability.
- Order a hard copy. Order hard copies of the book in volume discounts from ACT’s online catalog.
Today’s Trivia Question:
Which two famous people were both born on February 12, 1809?
- Helen Keller and Ed Roberts
- Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi
- Abe Lincoln and Charles Darwin
- Karl Marx and Eleanor Roosevelt
(The answer will be published in the next Memo.)
Answer to March 18 Trivia Question:False. [The convention IS now in force, because more than twenty nations have ratified it.]
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