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2020 Candidates’ “Promposal” to Disabled Voters

By ImaniJuly 1, 2019June 29, 2019

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We must include everyone at the table when talking about healthcare, reproductive and abortion access. The conversation must be accessible. #womensmarchphilly #womensmarch2020 Thanks to @oxymor.on for these amazing pictures of today!!

“My name is Imani and I am a healthcare voter. When I was born, my mother noticed I didn’t move like other children, I couldn’t hold my own head up and the lower half of my body was often limp. My mother went from doctor to doctor and agency to agency hoping to be taken seriously. It took her over two years and countless attempts to not only get me diagnosed with cerebral palsy, but treated. She not only had to fight doctors who would dismiss her as a black mother, but insurance companies wanting to dictate how much I was worth. I was born a healthcare voter. I fight for healthcare access because it saves lives. Many disabled people can attest that care for us dictates everything in our lives from housing to marriage equality. Being a healthcare voter inclusive of the disability community means addressing the 60-70 percent of polling places that are inaccessible. And holding election officials accountable for accessibility. If disabled people voted at the rate of the rest of the public 2.3 million more votes would be counted. Being a healthcare voter means including us in conversations around abortion and access to reproductive care while not using us as an example of why abortion may be necessary. And finally, it’s recognizing that access to healthcare isn’t just financial. Black, Indigenous, people of color, queer and trans people still receive second-rate care. What good is being able to pay for care when your physician or nurse doesn’t believe you? In addition to the financial cost of healthcare we must combat the structural biases that infringe upon people’s ability to interact authentically with healthcare professionals. I am a healthcare voter because my mom fought every single day to make sure everyday that my body and my skin wouldn’t dictate the level of care I was to receive—fighting both insurance companies and doctors themselves. No one else should have to fight the way my mother fought. Let us pledge here and now to be the last generation of healthcare voters and not pass along this fight to the next generation. Let us pledge to address the structural and personal biases that keep people from care.” #womensmarchphilly

It was so cold, but all around a great day to be courageous... #womensmarch2020 #womensmarchphilly pics by @oxymor.on

It was a pleasure speaking on this panel with so many amazing activists.

I have an incredible sense of style it’s a wonder that as a disabled person I don’t “get out more...” 😈

It was lovely to meet you @notyouravgho !!!

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