[Home-on-the-range] FW: Presidential Proclamation -- International Day of Persons with Disabilities, 2012

[Cindy Ray]

I would hope that this means that we will continue to work hard here, too, to improve the rights of people with disabilities. We are still dealing with the subminimum wages bill. In 2012 that is just tragic.

On two Southwest Airlines flights Thanksgiving week I confronted employees with the fact that I am not required to fly in the bulkhead seat, which earned me threats of removal from the plane and accusations of yelling at the crew. Have you ever noted that you are accused of these things when you stand up for your rights?

Last week a couple was struck by a car driven by a teen who may have been under the influence of  some substance and who was texting rather than paying attention. The police assert that these folks are at fault. This would, boutless, be because they were out at all. An officer was even helping them across the street. The two folks and their dogs were all injured. So we have a long ways to go here, too.

Cindy Lou

On Dec 4, 2012, at 7:30 AM, Stanzel, Susan - FSA, Kansas City, MO wrote:

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> Susie
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> From: White House Disability Group [mailto:info at messages.whitehouse.gov] 
> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2012 3:49 PM
> To: Stanzel, Susan - FSA, Kansas City, MO
> Subject: Presidential Proclamation -- International Day of Persons with Disabilities, 2012
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> Monday, December 3, 2012
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> Presidential Proclamation -- International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2012
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> Please see below for a proclamation from President Obama on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities:
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> BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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> A PROCLAMATION
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> Americans have always understood that each of us is entitled to a set of fundamental freedoms and protections under the law, and that when everyone gets a fair shot at opportunity, all of us do better. For more than two decades, our country has upheld those basic promises for persons with disabilities through the Americans with Disabilities Act -- a sweeping civil rights bill that moved our Nation forward in the journey to equality for all. And from making health care more affordable to ensuring new technologies are accessible, we have continued to build on that progress, guided by the belief that equal access and equal opportunity are common principles that unite us as one Nation.
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> On the 20th International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we reaffirm that the struggle to ensure the rights of every person does not end at our borders, but extends to every country and every community. It continues for the woman who is at greater risk of abuse because of a disability and for the child who is denied the chance to get an education because of the way he was born. It goes on for the 1 billion people with disabilities worldwide who all too often cannot attend school, find work, access medical care, or receive fair treatment. These injustices are an affront to our shared humanity -- which is why the United States has joined 153 other countries around the world in signing the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which calls on all nations to establish protections and liberties like those afforded under the Americans with Disabilities Act. While Americans with disabilities already enjoy these rights at home, they frequently face barriers when they travel, conduct business, study, or reside overseas. Ratifying the Convention in the Senate would reaffirm America's position as the global leader on disability rights and better position us to encourage progress toward inclusion, equal opportunity, full participation, independent living, and economic self-sufficiency for persons with disabilities worldwide.
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> We have come far in the long march to achieve equal opportunity for all. But even as we partner with countries across the globe in affirming universal human rights, we know our work will not be finished until the inherent dignity and worth of all persons with disabilities is guaranteed. Today, let us renew our commitment to meeting that challenge here in the United States, and let us redouble our efforts to build new paths to participation, empowerment, and progress around the world.
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> NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim December 3, 2012, as International Day of Persons with Disabilities. I call on all Americans to observe this day with appropriate ceremonies, activities, and programs.
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> IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this third day of December, in the year of our Lord two thousand twelve, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-seventh.
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> BARACK OBAMA
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