Sign language interpreters have been noticeably absent from Trump administration press briefings. Gone, too, are the American Sign Language interpretations that used to appear on the White House’s YouTube channel.
A White House webpage on accessibility has also ceased working.
The Trump administration has taken a slew of actions that harm those with impairments or chronic health conditions. Decades of hard-fought gains risk being undone by cuts to federal programs, freezes on research funding, and a White House ban on practices that support diversity.
GOP budget measures would likely lead to billions of dollars in cuts from Medicaid, a federal-state health program for people with disabilities and low incomes.
Republicans who insist that top-of-the-hierarchy white, able-bodied, straight, Christian males are the only ones who count are trying to destroy our diversity. Damage our lives, yes, but unless they destroy us all, we aren't going away.
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