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Trump/Pence and Access for Voters with DisabilitiesPresident Trump speaking behind the podium with his arms outstretched at his campaign launch in Orlando

Trump/Pence and Access for Voters with Disabilities

Published by The RespectAbility Report on June 24, 2019

Washington, D.C., June 24 – President Trump kicked off his re-election campaign in Florida last week. According to polling, the President won slightly more votes from people with disabilities than Hillary Clinton in 2016, but what is his campaign doing to maintain this lead in 2020?

For a presidential campaign to be fully inclusive of people with disabilities, it needs to meet the following requirements: (1) offer captioning with every video it shares or produces, (2) mention people with disabilities and their issues, (3) depict people with visible disabilities in its media, (4) reach out to the disability community, and (5) provide accessible campaign events and website. While the President has mentioned employment for people with disabilities in his 2019 State of the Union address, and issued a proclamation for National Disability Employment Awareness Month, his campaign’s online presence has not yet met the mark on inclusivity.

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RespectAbility: Empowering People with Disabilities to Achieve the American Dream

Published by The RespectAbility Report on June 17, 2015

Washington, June 17 – Fully one-in-five Americans have a disability and polls show that most of them want to work. Yet 70 percent of working-age Americans with disabilities are outside of the workforce. This leads to poverty and costs taxpayers billions of dollars in disability benefits. America has 56 million…

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Jeb Bush Reaches out on Disability IssuesFormer Florida Governor Jeb Bush speaks to reporters at the state Capitol on Thursday where he joined Gov. Phil Bryant at a bill-signing ceremony for the Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act passed by the Legislature this year. Joe Ellis/The Clarion-Ledger

Jeb Bush Reaches out on Disability Issues

Published by The RespectAbility Report on April 16, 2015

Washington, April 16 – Former Governor Jeb Bush, who has not yet officially announced his candidacy for the president of the United States, joined Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant to celebrate the Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act passed by the Mississippi Legislature earlier this year. Bryant had previously made Mississippi…

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Clinton Video Skips People With DisabilitiesSaturday, June 13, 2015: Hillary Clinton, on Roosevelt Island, speaking at her formal presidential campaign launch, New York, N.Y. (AP)