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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hi, all.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>For your information.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Jim Sofka.</FONT></DIV>
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target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">Guest Voice: Who are the disabled?
All of us</SPAN></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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Larry P. Johnson</SPAN></B><SPAN
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- Special to the Express-News <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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Posted: 08/14/2010 12:00 CDT<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #474747; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Twenty
summers ago, President George H.W. Bush signed into law the Americans with
Disabilities Act, the ADA. But who are they, these Americans with
disabilities? Are they the people who work at Goodwill? The people who
work at the Lighthouse for the Blind? Those who live in group homes? Those
who ride ViaTrans? <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #474747; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Well
yes, all of these and, perhaps, someone in your family, a friend, a
neighbor, a co-worker.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #474747; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Some
disabilities are visible, like mine. Some are not so obvious, like high
blood pressure, diabetes, a thyroid condition, hepatitis, cancer or a
history of depression, anxiety attacks or other mental
illness.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #474747; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Twenty
percent of Americans have some type of disability. That's one in five. So
clearly that means a lot of you who are reading this have some type of
disability. And even if you are temporarily nondisabled, what about your
parents or grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins,
children?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #474747; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Why
do I ask? Because I want you to understand and accept the idea that when
we talk about Americans with disabilities, we're not talking about some
special group out there. We're talking about us — all of us, everyone.
Because, like it or not, one day you are going to have a
disability.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #474747; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">It's
inevitable. As you grow older, your physical body begins to deteriorate —
your hearing, your vision, your mobility, your mind.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #474747; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">So,
since you know it is inevitable for you and your loved ones, what should
you be doing? Think about what you might need if suddenly you can't see so
well, hear so well, walk so well — in your home, your neighborhood,
downtown, in a store or restaurant.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #474747; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">What
might be done that would make it easier for you or for your
grandpa?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #474747; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">That's
what ADA is about. It's about creating a gentler, friendlier environment
for all of us. It's about including everyone in our community. It's about
valuing the unique talents and accomplishments of every individual, and
blending them together in a rich mosaic of limitless
possibilities.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #474747; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ADA
is a dream yet to be achieved, a daring adventure, a marvelous opportunity
to care for and care about one another.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #474747; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">And
so, in celebration of this 20th anniversary of the Americans with
Disabilities Act, let me ask you to plan for your future by proactively
changing the present environment to make it easier, friendlier and safer
for me and for the 54 million other persons with disabilities who are part
of this human family we call America.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P
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class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #474747; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Larry
P. Johnson, blind since he was 6 months old, is an author, motivational
speaker and immediate past president of the Alamo Council of the
Blind.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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