ADO’Rourke wants to ensure disabled individuals receive long-term home and community-based services and that the federal government provides states with additional funding for the disabled community. The proposal will also bolster existing protections supporting disabled individuals — such as funding for enforcement of the Supreme Court’s Olmstead v. L.C. Critics of the Trump administration say it has uniformly worked to roll back spending and programs for the disabled community. ADThe disabled community has “been on the front lines of every single fight pushing back against the Trump administration,” Cokley said. But even if the Democrat doesn’t win the 2020 nomination, O’Rourke hopes Erin and the disabled community will feel they got a say in the process.

Source: Washington Post October 23, 2019 09:47 UTC