FORBES: The Disability Community Has Its Own ‘Silent Majority’
Why doesn't the disability community have more political power? There are over 61 million people living with a disability and yet they still have little involvement in the political arena. There are several different factors that cause this. Things such as ableism and being forced to live in poverty to qualify for needed services attribute to this this. This article lays out several different factors and explains what needs to be done to fix this.
