This subject comes up all the time and depending on your perspective is talked about A LOT! Believe it or not, this subject is also a hot topic people with disabilities discuss.
Just as hot as the black versus white issue in the O.J. trial is the disabled versus non-disabled issue. There are some magazines and newspapers specifically geared toward people with disabilities. Some of these will have open topics without bias while others will be completely biased blaming the government or some other group for their problems.
Women and minorities will have much the same types of magazines and newspapers. As you can tell, the problem is that someone is blaming someone else for almost everything.
The solution is as easy to see as the words on the screen. People for many, many years have come to the United States wanting to become part of the "Great Melting Pot". If we can't even get along with one another without using a gun or fighting or passing frivolous laws, how can we call the U. S. the "Great Melting Pot"? We have lumps in our stew.
People with disabilities have always wanted one thing: to be treated like anyone else. Before the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed we were sitting on street corners with a cap in our hands begging for handouts (hence the term cap-in-hand or "Hand-i-cap"). Now that the ADA is law some people with disabilities are rubbing it in people's faces. That doesn't solve anything. It also sparks the fire for people to repeal the law. The ADA has been called a burden to the nation. I'd like to know where they get this idea. Isn't the government looking for ways to get people off welfare?
The ADA specifically states that no public entity or business can be forced to take any action that would result in undue financial burden. It also states that when necessary, services can be delivered to people with disabilities in alternative ways that are equitable and cost effective. With the help of the ADA more people with disabilities are now working, not on welfare or disability payments. Why change a law that's already doing what a new bill might not.
Ask any of the businesses that now employ people with disabilities, none of them would call their workers an undue burden. Whether it's McDonald's, Miles Kimball, WFRV-TV, Pick 'N Save or many more, they value and appreciate the hard work from their employees.
The solution is simple: work together to find solutions. We need to work together to stir out the lumps of the melting pot. Instead of pointing out the failures and blaming someone else, take that wasted time and work with that person your blaming and find the answers. Our fore-fathers said it best: "One Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."