ADAPT Demands Recognition

On May 15, 2017, members of the ADAPT disability rights group assembled outside of the White House to demand equal rights.

Roberta Haber

On May 15, ADAPT, a disability rights organization, gathered its members at the White House to advocate for disability awareness.  Hundreds of disabled demonstrators gathered at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue to demand recognition from the Trump Administration.

“When he was running for president, Donald Trump promised that under his watch, Americans would not die in the street for lack of care,” said activist Priya Penner.

Hundreds of demonstrators gather on 15th Street NW. Photo by Gwynette Smith.
Hundreds of demonstrators gather on 15th Street NW. Photo by Gwynette Smith 

“There’s no asterisk on the constitution that says you are too disabled to enjoy life, liberty, and property free of government influence,” said Bruce Darling, an organizer for ADAPT, in a press release. “Yet that’s what people with disabilities experience every day in this country.”

The Disability Integration Act would  overturn the institutional bias in Medicaid and community-based services and supports, according to the press release. ADAPT’s position is that no American president has yet managed to adequately address these concerns of the disability community.

Demonstrators displaying protest signs. Photos by Roberta Haber

Issues |Civil Rights|Disability|Health, Mental|Health, Physical


Region |Northwest|Ward 2|Washington DC

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