WALKING IN THE SEAT OF A WHEELCHAIR AND SEEING THRIOUGH THE EYES OF THE BLIND

If everyone were exactly the same, it would be a very boring world. We are all different in many ways. But Conservatives/Republicans seem to want us all to the same in terms of our Abilities, since they do not want ALL Public Buildings to be accessible to ALL People, regardless of Ability. I know they would say it is not that, it is a matter of States' Rights, but if State and Locally Owned Public Buildings are not required by law to be accessible, they will not be, and then People With Disabilities will be just as unable to access them, regardless of the reason. So perhaps those who think The Americans With Disabilities Act should only apply to Federally Owned Pubic Buildings should get to know and spend some time with someone with Mobility Issues, and see how they do with buildings that only have stairs and see how equal treating them exactly the same really makes them. You might find that in some ways that Those With Disabilities are not so different, but also that the ways in which we are different are thing to be embraced and celebrated, not swept under the rug and pretended to not exist. And then, you might, even rethink your position on The A.D.A. and come to a different conclusion about it than your current position.

THE MADDNESS OF MONEY OVER ACCESS

Money can make people do insane things. One could even call Greed a form of Insanity. Conservatives'/Republicans' Love of Money at the expense of the Basic Human Dignity of People With Disabilities is certainly an example of this. Conservatives/Republicans would rather have anyone with any kind of Disability permanently locked in their homes than spend public money constructing and maintaining necessary structures in public buildings to allow Equal Access to People With Disabilities. A few years ago they proved this when they went to Court to say that The Americans With Disabilities Act should not apply to State and Locally Owned Public Buildings, and The Supreme Court Ruled in their favor. So money clearly means more to Conservatives/Republicans than the lives of everyone with any kind of Disability at all. Yet they continue to ca,l themselves "Pro Life", and no one calls them out on it. Well, I am calling them out on it today. A Truly Pro Life Philosophy and Pro Life Party would not put saving money by not building and or maintaining facilities for People With Disabilities above the Lives of People With Disabilities and their ability to live life to the fullest. So, to any Conservative Readers I say, either stop opposing The Absolute Right BY LAW To Absolute Equal Access Everywhere for Everyone With Any Kind of Disability at all or stop calling yourself "Pro Life" and just say what you really mean "Pro Live Birth". To everyone else I say, start calling out your Conservative Family and Conservative Friends on how a Philosophy and a Party that opposes Equal Access for all Abilities can possibly still call itself "Pro Life". It Is Time To ACT, To Stand Up And Be Heard, Once And For All "WE ARE HUMAN BEINGS TOO AND WILL BE TREATED AS SUCH", So Let Us Do So, NOW.

SAMENESS AS EQUALITY IN THE ABSURD REPUBLICAN PLAY

Sameness is not equality. Republicans think that if we treat everyone exactly the same, that is somehow more "equal" than affording different access for different needs. Somehow, a wheelchair ramp, or a handicapped parking space, is unequal. The simple fact is, however, not everyone is the same. Just look around. People are all different. We come in all shapes, sizes, colors, ages, and, yes, abilities. Telling someone who is unable to walk that a ramp to get to a different or entrance level of a building is treating him or her unequally is patently absurd because without the ramp, they could not enter or move within the building at all. Yet that is precisely the argument the "I'm a rugged individual. I did it all myself are making." They are saying that we should say to Those With Disabilities "Be Equal" and then just leave People in Wheelchairs to struggle up staircases and Others With Disabilities to struggle in other ways to get by in a world built for People Without Disabilities. If I am the only one this strikes as absurd, fine. But if any of my readers also think so, tell your Conservative and Republican Family and Friends how absurd this thinking is and force them to either prove you wrong or stop thinking that way. It is time to act, or THEY WILL BRING THIS ABSURD PLAY TO THE STAGE OF REALITY.

WALK A MILE BESIDE A WHEELCHAIR BEFORE YOU TEAR DOWN A RAMP

I know not all Republicans think that The Americans With Disabilities Act is bad, but there are many that do think so. To those that do think so, i would first ask this: Do you know someone who has a disability? If the answer is no, perhaps you should get to know someone who has a disability. If yes, or if no once you do, watch and see how using the Protections afforded by the law helps them get around and maintain some level of independence. Then ask yourself: "how would taking these protections away adversely effect my friend?" and if you find that it would be significant, perhaps you could find a different way to save money and or make everyone "Equal."

REPUBLCAN MONEY IS NOT WHERE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES' MOTHS ARE

They say that "Money Talks". That must be true, because it certainly tells Republicans not to spend any of it on Equal Access for People With Disabilities. It tells them they should not have to spend any of it on ramps or other facilities in new State, Locally or privately owned buildings when these are constructed to make them accessible to People With Disabilities, and it tells them not to spend any of it keeping up these facilities in such buildings that were constructed with such facilities. It says that Equal Access does not matter and that it should all be saved for the pockets of the wealthy and able bodied. I guess money really does talk, because it tells Conservatives/Republicans not to care if People with Disabilities can not gain entrance to a building, even one that may provide life saving services, as long as it is saved for their friends' and their own greed and selfishness.