Ok, folks. I'm both encouraged and concerned about this post and focus. I am,
of course for the civil rights of all HIV positive people and their civil
rights and for enforcement efforts of the DOJ.
I'm discouraged by the fact that the DOJ doesn't enforce the rights of people
with sensory disabilities including those of us who are blind which out number
HIV positive people by a huge number.
I could look up the numbers but legally blind folks out number the HIV folks
alone let alone those defined as "low vision".
And deaf and hard of hearing folks are in the tense of millions.
Now, this isn't to create a rift between pwd in the least.
But, shit I just spent several hours of inaccessible bullshit related to
information access to my own Medicaire and related benefits without any
accommodations and I was fucking arrested at our ADA celebration which
spetargetted blind folks for the message which was, "The ADA is violated daily
including at this event."
The facts are there are popular disabilities, or those in fad for lack of a
better term and there are others that aren't so popular.
And, btw it doesn't have a thing to do with so-called "low incident", for again
there are more legally blind people in America than those with HIV.
Don't get my angst ridden post here wrong. For I abhor all discrimination and
fight for all people's civil rights including those who are HIV positive.
And I consider those issues important to all who fight for civil rights.
Just wish we were equally protected, represented and not diminished as well. I
wish the various communities would equate our civil rights on par with heir's.
Joe
World AIDS Day 2016: Honoring Lives Lost by Fighting Discrimination
Today, on World AIDS Day 2016, the
Department of Justice reaffirms
the rights of people with HIV/AIDS to live free from stigma and discrimination.
For the more than 1.2 million people in the United States with HIV, the
ADA guarantees each of them a full and equal opportunity to participate in and
benefit from all our nation has to offer. Through our enforcement, education
and outreach efforts, the department will continue striving to make the promise
of equal treatment a reality for people with HIV and AIDS throughout America.
In memory of those we lost from AIDS, and in support of those currently living
with HIV, we will forge on with uncompromising resolve until we reach the
goal of an AIDS-free generation.
To learn more about the department's work, please visit
www.ada.gov/hiv.
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