A Real Hunger Games: Hundreds of disabled American competing for ONE wheelchair accessible van

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Why isn't transportation for disabled people a right in the US?

You can read more of the stories here. There are hundreds of contestants. And at the end of the contest, only one will win the wheelchair accessible van. Essentially, these disabled Americans are competing for votes for the right for one of them to have affordable freedom of movement.

This is a situation that would not exist in many other countries, where generous services exist for those who are disabled. In Sweden, for example, the country has a national agency tasked with ensuring dignity and opportunity to those who are disabled. Through local municipalities, it offers subsidized transportation services through taxi cabs and special para-transit units to disabled people with the goal of making personal transportation for those who cannot utilize mass transportation just as affordable and accessible as public transit. In other countries like Belgium, public transportation is mostly free for disabled residents.

Read more: http://boldprogressives.org/a-real-hunger-games-hundreds-of-disabled-americans-compete-for-one-wheelchair-accessible-van/