Turns out there may be something to be said for waiting until the 11th hour before submitting one's entry in the now annual Blogging Against Disabilism Day.. Between a(nother) bad battle with a bout of "depression" and my left hand progressively going 1/2 numb so as not to be able to feel the keyboard, I had instead spent the last couple of days toying with ideas..
Stalling.. Basically just stalling, waiting for just that one right idea to tickle these fingertips..
Namely at first, I had been looking, leaning a little more towards bearing a media bias slant.. The media's continued incessant use of persons with disabilities "suffering from" playing Tiddly Winks in my Head was the primary culprit..
Just now once again did an Internet search on "disability" and "suffering" together.. In the news.. In the last 24 hours.. Wholly an unscientific slice without going through each and every single webpage returned, but sufferin' succotash if there aren't 374 opportunities laying in wait..
Hm.
Then I thought..... eh, not so much..... how about..... let's compare disabilism returns, just the word "disabilism" versus "sexism" vs "racism", each also by themselves in the news (such as it is represented online) in the last 24 hours..
Sigh...
Sexism in the Google News search engine's eyes in the last 24 hours :: 2,781 returns..
Racism in the Google News search engine's eyes in the last 24 hours :: 14,074 returns..
Disabilism in the Google News search engine's eyes in the last 24 hours, nope.....
Wait, in the last week, perhaps..?
Nooooooo.....
Ok, I know..
In..... The last month.....
Drum roll, please.....
1.
A great big heaping, bleeping grand total of One.
And it was an ad.. An honorable one, to be sure, but still "just" an advertisement..
Hats off to Scope in the United Kingdom for running their Guardian.co.uk website ad that was the only return in Google's News search engine and that made it there because it, in part, stated:
Scope is a national disability organisation whose focus is on people with cerebral palsy. Our mission is to drive the change to make our society the first where disabled people achieve full equality.
We campaign to banish disabilism and we deliver a wide range of services to support disabled people and their families in achieving choice and control over their lives.
Ahhhhhhh, but what of that post subject that so far has nothing to do with the above, the one that says, "THIS is why you wait until the absolutely unbearable last second sometimes..":
Will the Obama campaign camp or will they not.....
INCLUDE the untold feasibly hundreds upon hundreds of thousands in long term care facilities across the United States in their brand newly announced.....
Vote For Change
voter registration and mobilization drive..?
The email correspondence that triggered my query was pumping up constituent support for the same, and, in part, states:
From the beginning, our goal has been to reach out to people of all races, ages, and backgrounds and bring them back into the political process. We must use the rare opportunity we have right now to bring people together and make this a better country for all Americans.
That's why I'm excited to announce a 50-state voter registration and mobilization drive we're calling Vote for Change.
Beginning with a nationwide kick-off on Saturday, May 10th, more than 100 Vote for Change events will take place in every state, organized by our dedicated volunteers who are leading this campaign for change in their own communities.
With each new arrival of the same this evening, I got more curious and finally took another timeout from the great hunt for acts of disabilism across the Net.. In opening the email and seeing the above, it occurred to me to ask of one individual forwarding it on a local list I've joined:
Do you know what their plans are for registering those who are in long term care facilities, i.e. nursing homes, hospitals, rehabilitation centers, et al(l)..?
Wait, make that two individuals received the email from here and are now wholly aware, in one sentence or less, of where these fingertips now stand in their quest for genuine Change in our America..
Like I said.. Will the Obama campaign camp or will they.....
Not INCLUDE the untold numbers of persons with disabilities jailed away beyond their control in long term care facilities across the United States..?
To not do so upon announcing this incredibly grand gesture of registering every single American possible so they may enjoy their constitutionally given Right to Vote would be.....
DISABILISM on a scale beyond one's wildest imagination fathomable..
Only feedback from the inquisitive email I redirected to Info @ BarackObama.com, purportedly coming straight from Mrs. Michelle Obama's own inbox, will tell for sure..
And now.....
It's YOUR turn to ask her..
Too.......
Info @ BarackObama.com Contact information correction: Online Contact Form..
Nothing about Us without All of Us..
Peace, Love, Liberty, and Social Justice For Us ALL..
Cyber hugs from Talking Rock, Georgia, USA.. :wink:
No comments:
Post a Comment