Op-ed: ‘Disability is not a medical problem’
July 21st, 2009
Sandy Lahmann, who uses a wheelchair, writes in the [Frisco, CO] Summit Daily News that people’s tendency to view disability as a medical problem is just plain wrong.
… Disability is a social and political problem. It’s not my medical status as a person with a disability that holds me back or gets in my way. It’s my social and political status as a person with a disability that holds me back and gets in my way.
The biggest problems for myself and other people with disabilities include difficulty obtaining meaningful employment despite having education and skills, being stuck as a result with an income below poverty level, difficulty accessing transportation services, and prejudicial attitudes.
The way I am treated by other people is a much bigger issue than my medical status.
(Summit Daily News photo)
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