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Jun 13, 2019 05:28PM
2020 Democrats put spotlight on disabilities issues
BY ZACK BUDRYK - 05/23/19 - The Hill
"You can look at every major issue for the presidential candidates in 2020 and frame it as a disability issue: health care, education, employment, climate change, inequality, mass incarceration,"
"Some issues, like health care, housing, education and law enforcement, have very significant meaning for disabled people. And then there are quite specific policy issues that really are primarily 'disability issues' … like long-term care, accessibility and disability rights laws," Pulrang said.
Pulrang told The Hill that long-term care access is one of the foremost issues affecting disabled people.
"Helping people who need everyday assistance to stay in their own homes and communities and avoid unwanted 'placement' in nursing homes and 'residential facilities' is fundamental, both to the disability community and anyone dealing with the complications of aging," he said.
Another major issue Pulrang and Wong emphasized was a waiver system that allows employers to pay disabled people less than the minimum wage. Last year, Warren joined five other Senate Democrats in a letter to Labor Secretary Alex Acosta demanding information on the so-called 14(c) certificates, the waivers that allow employers to pay disabled people sub-minimum wage.
Harris, meanwhile, co-sponsored Sen. Bob Casey Jr.'s (D-Pa.) Transformation to Competitive Employment Act, which would ban the practice, in March.
Pulrang told The Hill banning this practice is one of the most "specific, emotionally resonant issues" affecting disabled people.
Full article here: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/445136-2020-dems-put-spotlight-on-disabilities-issues
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