2016 Reports

Office Holders and Disabilities: A Question of Accessibility

Withorne, Jamie Rae; Smith, Raymond Arthur

As the stigmas around disabilities continue to disappear, the dialogue regarding the subject has begun to saturate the American political sphere as well, not only in terms of law, but accessibility and officeholders themselves. While officeholders have begun to shy away from hiding their disabilities, as the historical norm suggests they would, more and more questions of accessibility are raised, as well as differentiating and defining disabilities.