Closed Minds Shout Down Disabled Woman in Wheelchair
Written by Ann Pietrangelo on September 3rd, 2009 in Emotional Issues, Health Care Policy, In The News, Linked Articles.
You really have to see it to believe it. At a town hall meeting in New Jersey, a woman in a wheelchair is shouted at while she tries to tell her story. The costs associated with her two incurable autoimmune diseases are threatening her ability to pay for her medications, and she fears losing her home. She speaks, but the hecklers never let up, never listen.
She wants nothing more than to explain her situation and take part in the “debate” on health care reform. She pleads in vain for those present to “please hear this voice of the disabled.” But these folks are not here to hear. They are here to prevent hearing…
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