Changing attitudes is easiest when we are in a situation where we are close to a topic and close to a situation. I like to tell people on a regular basis that the disability community, if we want to call it a community, is the only one that you get to grow into as you get older. One day, everybody in this room is going to be a person with a disability, or they are going to be supporting somebody with a disability. The decisions that are made today in rooms like this are going to affect you in the next 15 or 20 years. Be wise and careful with the decisions that you make. It's the same in society; if we talk to people and make them understand that this will affect everybody at some point in time, attitudes will change.
On November 7th, 2024. See this statement in context.