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Bernie Sanders on People with Disabilities
This makes Bernie one of a handful of candidates ever to address disability issues. I'm available as his disability advisor if he needs one. 
http://feelthebern.org/bernie-sanders-on-people-with-disabilities/
Bernie Sanders is a strong advocate for civil rights for all Americans, including those with disabilities. His voting record clearly supports equal rights and opportunities for individuals with disabilities and has been unwavering in this regard throughout his decades of public service.
As a member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and the Senate Committee on Budget, Bernie has consistently supported providing individuals with disabilities adequate funding to obtain the services and support they need to live and work...
Bernie co-sponsored the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA), which discarded several of the damaging rulings the courts have issued concerning the ADA and served to “[narrow] the broad scope of protection intended to be afforded by the ADA.”
Specifically, the ADAAA served to reject the reasoning used in two Supreme Court cases and to broaden the definition of disability to adhere to the ADA’s goal of providing “a clear and comprehensive national mandate for the elimination of discrimination” and “clear, strong, consistent, enforceable standards addressing discrimination.”
As a member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and the Senate Committee on Budget, Bernie has consistently supported providing individuals with disabilities adequate funding to obtain the services and support they need to live and work...
Bernie co-sponsored the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA), which discarded several of the damaging rulings the courts have issued concerning the ADA and served to “[narrow] the broad scope of protection intended to be afforded by the ADA.”
Specifically, the ADAAA served to reject the reasoning used in two Supreme Court cases and to broaden the definition of disability to adhere to the ADA’s goal of providing “a clear and comprehensive national mandate for the elimination of discrimination” and “clear, strong, consistent, enforceable standards addressing discrimination.”
Okay, Hillary and Martin (and Lincoln, Jim, and Limberbutt McCubbins, the cat
), you're up.