The Texas Power Outages Are Another Example of Disabled People Being Left Behind

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'Texans with disabilities deserve leadership, not stigma and public shaming from their government,' writes UltraViolet's KReilly02.

, not stigma and public shaming from their government, like that from Tim Boyd. Similarly, they don't deserve abandonment, like their representatives heading out for vacation as they suffer in the cold.

Emergency preparedness planning must actively include and consider the specific needs of women, people with disabilities, low-income communities, Black, Indigenous, people of color, and undocumented people. Government leaders must meaningfully include and center advocacy groups run by impacted communities in their planning and consider how they will ensure access to life-saving medical treatments, shelter, food, and snow removal.

 

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Alyssa_Milano UltraViolet KReilly02 And not a bunch of old men trying to sell off state property because they don’t want disabled people getting an education on it.

UltraViolet KReilly02 If the cold doesn't kill them, their government's apathy will.

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