ISRAELI ENERGY MINISTER NOT ABLE TO ATTEND CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT BECAUSE SHE USES A WHEELCHAIR FOR MOBILITY
Israeli Energy Minister Karine Elharrar was not able to attend the UN climate change conference in Glasgow because it is not fully accessible by wheelchair.
Failure to be inclusive is not an accident or oversight.
Hatred toward people with disabilities hurts all of us.
Once a week, some place has a hideous lack of wheelchair access and they say it's an oversight and won't happen again and 99% of the world gives them a pass and forgives the toxic ableism.
Then the
next week comes and more dignity is stripped from people with disabilities and
the place with the barriers says "sorry, it was just a little oversight,
won't happen again..."
Then it
does, again and again.
Will I live
long enough to see ALL people outraged by lack of accessibility?
Read my column on this in Medium:
https://stevewright-1964.medium.com/shame-on-the-un-for-perpetuating-toxic-ableism-c4a22cd7ccb3
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