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are Mouth's interviews with leaders and front-line advocates in
the disability rights movement who say what they think, right out
loud. We print them here in full. They're listed in no particular
order. Click on the name of the someone you want to hear from. We
guarantee they'll have something to say that's worth a listen.
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Nat
SAYS - Nat
Hentoff is columnist and staff writer for the Village Voice, and
also writes a column for the United Media News Syndicate which
may appear in your local paper. He is considered an expert on
freedom of speech.
"The way to
get people to think is to catch them unawares."
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CANDACE
SAYS - Candace
Hawkins is a recovering bureaucrat who once oversaw ADA implementation
in her state, Missouri. Today she is the national organizer for
Freedom Clearinghouse. She helped organize the successful implementation
of the Supreme Court's Olmstead decision in Missouri, the first
state to have put that decision into its own law.
"The money
must now follow the person being served to the place where they
choose to be served. It's a huge change."
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VICKI
SAYS - Vicki
Wieselthier is the founder of MadNation, an advocate who puts the
pedal to the medal, pushing all of us ahead.
"If it isn't
voluntary, it isn't treatment. Treatment is like sex. It has to
be consensual."
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AJ
SAYS - Alene
Jensen is a true blue radical, working on the front lines of human
services to make them respond to real people.
"I don't have
a visible disability, and I'm living on my own. But the minute
I would need help, then people will come in and start saying,
'She's not making good choices.'"
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