Other people with disabilities are required to remove their clothes when they go to the emergency room. Some are denied fresh air when they are in hospital. Still others have their doors broken down by police and are forced to ingest chemicals. Many persons with disabilities are denied police protection from crimes, especially crimes committed by police and their employees. In order to get help from taxpayer funded human services corporations some persons with disabilities are required to prove they are NOT mentally ill. The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 applies to many of these violations. But in MA enforcement is not so much. The Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 is 20 years old, and is still unknown to many public officials or private citizens. Could you say the silence is deafening among compassionate journalists and protesters? Cambridge City Government has two $80,000 per year Affirmative Action officers duplicating the work of the MCAD, but with no enforcement powers. Yet they do not help persons with disabilities. Cambridge Public Schools and the City Council are diligent doing outreach to hire women and Black citizens. But they do no work to hire persons with disabilities. Hello? Is anybody home? How many faculty members at Harvard have disabilities? Is disability not a diverse category?
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2011/10/14/Disability-Heath-Care-Disparities/
Disabled Face Health Care Disparities
By David Song, CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Harvard Crimson
Published: Friday, October 14, 2011
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