a celebration of the greatest disabled athletes on the planet.whistle] >> good point. >> but 100 years ago, london welcomed around a different gathering. disability was at the top of the agenda, but with a very different twist. it was here on the banks of the tames in the summer of 1912 that the first international ugenics conference took place. this was no fringe event. many of the world's leading politicians and scientists descended upon london to debate, amongst other things, the very simple issue -- how to rid the world of physical and mental disability. the media coverage hinted at a brighter future, taking advances in our understanding of genetics and breeding to enhance future well-being and reduce disease and disability. churchill attended the conference as did the former prime minister, notables include h.g. wells and canse, a professor of the ugenics society. >> inborn qualities rather than racial qualities. >> professor james moore is an expert on the history of ugenics and its consequences. >> the constituency for ugenics was most pro

the problem is with society that won't accept disability and scared of disability.he reality is that a disabled person could have just a good of life, that's complete. and so many factors come into it. and the arrogance really that is morally wrong to give life to a child like that is just extraordinarily i think. i agree it's an issue that society needs to begin to handle because society is running ahead of what society can deal with and cope with at the moment. >> thank you all very much. thank you. >> i was speaking to john harris, ian and kerry. and that's all for this week. from all of us, goodbye. >> international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to know your business. offering specialized solutions and capital to help you meet your growth objectives. we offer expertise and tailored solutions for small businesses and major corporations. what can we do for you? >

with disabilities act. it was an extraordinary bipartisan effort. it did our nation proud. it gave to disabled people a chance to be in the mainstream and part of america. one of the people that helped, in addition to 54 million americans living with disability, was a fellow named bob greenberg. bob greenberg was the legendary sportscaster who rose to prominence at chicago's wbez radio station. at the apex of his career, bob offered color commentary for chicago's major sporting events. he interviewed the very best athletes. he analyzed the players. he rifled off stats and box scores that put the game in context. for his loyal and large chicago radio audience, bob greenberg described sporting events they couldn't see. bob's story is unique because he couldn't see the games either. bob greenberg was blind, but he never let it stop him from achieving his dreams. there's no doubt that laws like the a.d.a. helped make bob's road to achieving his dream a little bit smoother. we lost bob to cancer last summer, but

for the experienced representative of the disabled community.community representation on the task force, opportunity to be chair or vice chair of the task force or its committees and violated rights under the americans with disabilities act. for you to go back and pretend like nobody knew what was happening is really, really outrageous. very frankly, you have a responsibility to fill the seats of any committee with qualified candidates, and that includes knowing what the qualifications are. and to come back after denying people the right to appear as i have three cases before the task force, and have now been delayed for months, and to come before the public and tell them oh, we didn't realize what we were doing was wrong, is really, really egregious. and i think you really must think we're a bunch of dumb bunnies to be polite, to fall for that kind of garbage. and here's 150 word summary included to be included in the minutes. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and hello, san francisco. my name is paul courier. i've not appeared before th

do you have a physical disability? >> yes. i have two herniated disks.tor cuffs are all from the 1998 car accident. >> chair kim: thank you. are there any questions from colleagues? seeing none, thank you very much, ms. simon. >> thank you. i actually worked with la latifa simon. thank you next we have kai wilson forsley. >> i'm kai wilson forsley and i'm a little excited to be here to serve on this particular task force. i'm sure you guys reviewed my information because, i guess have to. in terms of citizen access, i organize event in which individuals can engage with their public servants, as well as work with those individuals. i put on a yearly event in the tenderloin, and i work with the police and the schools, and things like that, in terms of public access. i'm also on a library committee that's sponsoring a series of voter education events. i'm a leader on that committee. and i've been appointed as one of 12 people by the city librarian, to make policy recommendations for the public library. and as we know, the public library is the largest publi

whereas in 1982 support for families with disabilities has offered information, education and parent to parent support free of charge to families with children with kind of disability or health care need in san francisco and whereas the agency has benefited the special needs families of the san francisco unified school district by providing phone line and drop in services as well as workshops, resources, referrals and guidance in english, spanish and can ton easy and mandarin and support for families had the mentor program and a training session for the english and spanish speaking parents seeking to improve their special education knowledge and self advocacy skills resulting in 22 new leer trained 11 english speaking, 11 spanish speaking mentors who are knowledgeable about what special education is and what it's not. who is eligible? the types of services provided, the time lines, the six principles and other topics and whereas a school district continues to pursue the goal of fully inclusive learning environment for students with special needs we recognize the deep and rich partner

it was also a slight to the disability community. this to make peace torques put it behind us. thank you. >> chair kim: thank you. is there any other public comment on this item? seeing none, put is now -- okay. if you'd like to speak for public comment, please do step up so i know that there are folks that would like to speak. if there are any others, please do line up. >> well, i just see even, when you appoint wolfe, the damage has already been done. you've already gutted the sunshine ordinance task force. i mean do we have any faith in the sunshine ordinance task force with the new members that you appointed? i don't think any of them or the majority of them know anything about the regulation of sunshine ordinance. so you've already destroyed it, even with wolfe on board. you hear the lady yelling at the public speakers? it's a violation. she's not supposed to interrupt the speakers when they're talking. she comes into this meeting -- see there she go again. could you have her -- >> chair kim: no. there is no back and forth dialo

the reality is that 600,000 disabled people will lose an extra cost benefit.d of just giving warm words to disabled people in this country, why does he not take aside his immovable secretary of state for work and pensions and say to him that it is time we thought again on this one? >> the move from disability living allowance to personal independence payments has been an exercise of huge consultation with the disability lobbies to try to ensure at we get this right. the fact is, there are hundreds of thousands of people on dla who have never had a recheck since they started to take on that benefit, and many others -- i know this as a parent who filled out the form myself -- who have to fill out reams of answers to questions without the proper medical check that would actually get them the benefit quicker. we are moving from an old system that is out of date to a new system that will actually help disabled people. >> selective dorsal rhizotomy is the name of an operation that allows children with spastic cerebral palsy, like my constituent holly davies, to leav

plus anger at the london paralympics a key sponsor of the games is accused of humiliating disabled people as part of the government's attempts to. broadcasting live from our studios in central moscow this is r.t. glad to have you with us civilian airports in syria are in the crosshairs of the country's largest rebel group the free syrian army in a statement on its facebook page the group said that the airports in damascus and aleppo were hosting military flights as part of an alleged smuggling network for the government earlier this month the rebels and the lethal u.s. made missile launchers the delivery thought to have been carried out by the rebels western backers of turkey drew strong condemnation. from the web site syria tribune says the rebels tactics are beyond the pale. the rebels say they are attacking civilian airports now is just one more step intervening that actual terrorists. it's against every law in the world to attack civilian airports for whatsoever reasons i'm actually surprised they are still enjoying their support when the international community sees they're able slau

a permit alone only deals with disability only. also i want to let you know the secretary of the disabled access appeal board, also, we don't do the, you know, for the lawsuit itself. usually once they have a consultant to inspect the site, they will give a [speaker not understood] what they need to do and award the lawsuit, okay, and then they can come in for some modification or future modification in a plan to see how they're going to achieve those barriers, you know. that's what we do. in cal bo training, it's only the basic idea how to deal with the upcoming changes and so forth. because training is very expensive, i think it's three days for training. * extensive the passing rate is roughly 40%, engineering exam, you know, take long time to get them through. but our intention is only doing a advisory role. don't want to go into all have -- individual business to order inspection, but we will try and give them the training in the future how to deal with it. of course, we would like to as much pass inspectors [speaker not under

plus the sponsor getting attention for all the wrong reasons at the london paralympics anger among disability activists as a firm which they say humiliates them as a key backer of the games. hello and welcome to you r t i'm karen tara broadcasting to you live from our studio in moscow now civilian airports in syria all are in the crosshairs of the country's largest rebel group the free syrian army in a statement made on its facebook page the group said that the airports in damascus and aleppo were hosting military flights as part of an alleged arms smuggling network for the government earlier this month the rebels were handed dozens of lethal u.s. made anti air missile launchers the delivery thought to have been carried out by the rebels and western backers and yet turkey drew a strong condemnation the editor of the independent website syria try view says the rebels those tactics are beyond the pale. the rebels. saying that they are attacking civilian airports now is just one more step in revealing that actual terrorist nature because it's against every law in the world to attack civilian air

over this event is a shadow cast by may just toss it's the firm the government's paying to assess disabled people's ability to work but it's blamed for humiliating the vulnerable and forcing people off benefits as part of the country's austerity drive they are making money out of other people's misery quite literally the old many of them sponsoring the paralympics is i think it's really lost on them and he seems to divide people into the serving disabled and the un to serving tony bradstock went through an at or sest moment which resulted in him losing his entire income for six months he says he was made to feel like a criminal and the process resulted in him attempting suicide work and just session is going for the world and. it's a disposable. because they said explosive watch explosions what more occupational health doctor a shade she took a great noise from all this because i couldn't find any why i took over the roof over my head. i couldn't shoot any y.i.t. he's not a load of pressure groups a thirty two people died a week after being found fixed to work by ourselves disabled people

plus anger at the london paralympics the sponsor of the games is accused of humiliating disabled people as part of the government's attempts to cut welfare benefits. you know what you are to live from moscow with me to say thanks for your company now civilian a ports in syria are in the crosshairs of the country's largest rebel group of the free syrian army in a statement on its facebook page the group said that the a post in damascus and aleppo were hosting military flights as part of an alleged arms smuggling network for the government earlier this month of the rebels way ahead of the fill us made anti air missile launches. have been carried out by the rebels western backers via turkey drew strong condemnation against all the independent website syria tribunals says the rebels tactics all be on the pale. the rebels saying that they are attacking civilian airports now is just one more step in revealing their actual terrorist nature because it's against every law in the world to attack civilian airports for whatsoever reasons i'm actually surprised they are still enjoying their support

disability disability rights campaigner. a protest outside the headquarters of the parliament. the activists are finding it difficult to swallow the fact that the games are financed by. hundreds of lives. has been there to find out what exactly. the paralympics are the ultimate display of triumph over adversity a showcase for people who've overcome their disabilities and achieved something amazing but hanging over this event is a shadow cast by may just sponsor at office it's the firm the government's paying to assess disabled people's ability to work but it's blamed for humiliating the vulnerable and forcing people off benefits as part of the country's austerity drive but are making money out of other people's misery quite literally the are many of them sponsoring the paralympic sees something is really lost on them and he seems to divide people into the surfing to save and the un saving tony bradstock went through an at orsa c'est mint which resulted in him losing his entire income for six months he says he was made to feel like a criminal and the process resulted in him atte

and you really get inspired when you see a disabled people kind and compilation in. a law that says that you can too that. you get important work. those are words that they come to thought why can't you. quote those. paralympians may inspire us in some way. is that at. first do you agree that what you have at the paralympic games genuine emotion on the atmosphere out there a competition do you think much of that has been lost to the regular olympic games remember how in the past pro athletes were not even allowed to compete in the olympic games only amateurs were but now with professional athletes and commercial advertising it's sort of being transformed into a big showbiz event during greek i do but don't you think that with the paralympic games gaining popularity like you said with stands and have to be bonuses the same thing will happen with the paralympics as well i think it too well and in fact it is already happening here is it good or bad yes there's a lot of my i think there is nothing wrong with that i think it's only natural. that we have things we need to

but disability activists say that's just passing the buck and that is sponsorship of the games gives it a whitewash it doesn't deserve they're trying to clean up very image by trying to associate themselves with sport and you know this is so disability and people's activity has really given the other side though how paul floats thank you michael to move our team g.b. athletes appeared to hide the branding on their paralympic accreditation during the opening ceremony but activists say that's not enough when the torso and the government expect to cause a round hole for a million people to lose their independent living benefits in the next four years laura smith. underscores and got more news on the power of big games for you on our website as well as some other stories that you may have missed on our insulting or devastation really funny learn how a new british sitcom split the muslim audience in the u.k. . in class making money the way they learned our talent of swindler cheated billions of dollars out of trust for investors. charges won't be filed against dozens of cia officers accus

our severely disabled wartime veterans. who are living with service-connected disabilities. it is designed to help that relatively small population of veterans who are disabled, impoverished and in need of constant care due to their service wounds. they are wounded warriors who now need assistance, performing the basic functions of daily life like the simple things that most of us take for granted and perform without second thought. bathing, feeding themselves, getting dressed them. put their lives on the line for us and -- themselves. they put their lives on the line for us and now it's time for us to see that they have every opportunity to live a life of independence and self-sufficiency. to this end, h.r. 6361 would exempt any expenses related to veterans and benefits from consideration when they are being considered for housing assistance. the fact that the benefits are currently counted as income is an obstacle for many of our military men and women. let's take a hypothetical case and now look at how things stand now. a single severely disabled veteran with no dependent

it is not a disability that defines who you. just saw the video of the reception your fellow athletes had in the crowd. there are different ways people come to paralympics of course some are like new they were professional athletes and then they had an accident or something and then continue as paralympians. others were born with disabilities or they take up sports as a part of their recovery program after an accident and they turn out to be good at it. since relations is more common. i don't know. and i really don't think it matters that much. was it a difficult decision for you to stay in support after your accident or was it a natural thing to do how did you make that decision and. it was not a difficult decision to make especially after my first coach called me at the house patel in bangkok. and then i talked to mom about it let's just have this realisation that i need to go on with swimming let's just have a try but i didn't think about it causing much of the paralympic. anything of a sore to think about i just knew i had t

load of pressure groups a thirty two people died a week after being found face to work by out of disabled people and other activists have travelled here from all over the country to really test against actresses sponsorship of the paralympics there you really see it in their admiration for the paralympics themselves but it's a an organization and they feel that you ordinary disabled people should play no part in this. in a statement the company defends its practices and passes responsibility back to the government department for work and pensions which actually makes the final decision . we do not make decisions on people's benefit entanglement on welfare policy but who continue to make sure the disservice who grew wide is a highly professional and compassionate as it can be but disability activists say that just passing the buck and that at all says sponsorship of the games gives it a whitewash it doesn't deserve they're trying to clean up their image by trying to associate themselves with sports you know this is so disability payments keep those activity that's really given the other si

during the reagan recovery, the disability roles dropped because people were getting off disability and's a function of the bad economy. the government administrators are never going to be good at this. that's why i've said to give workers the freedom of choice to choose. the private insurers would be much better at weeding out the good claims from the bad claims. >> so you're disagreeing. you, peter, have been a long-time proponent of allowing workers to choose a personal savings investment. >> that's right. like in the south american nation of chile. they've scored those proposals without benefit cuts or tax increases. because of a lifetime of savings investment will always do better than a lifetime of no savings investment. retirees will get higher benefits. >> so that's a whole different discussion than this accidence of potential fraud. what he's talking about there is privatizing social security. i think much of what you just heard is extremely misleading in the following sense. peter's completely ignoring the massive transition costs. remember, this is a pay as you go system. if

--americans with disabilities act-- an increasing numb of young children with disabilities are being enrolled in regular childcare centers. a primary benefit of integrating children with special needs into typical early childhood settings is that all the children learn to accept differences. also, is integration provides children with disabilities more normalized experiences and chances to socialize. while these are important benefits, it'slso important to recognize that such youngsters require special services as well. states are obligated by law, in most cases, to provide that help. provision of these services varies from community to community. sometimes the physical therapist, the speech therapist, or the hearing therapist visits and works in the classroom, or sometimes, the child works separately with them. however help is provided, teacher and specialist need to draw on one another's strengths and information to do their very best. woman: very good! take it out! put on the circle! yeah! when including a child with a disability in a group, we may feel uncomfortable about hw litt

a bill sponsor getting attention for all the wrong reasons of the london paralympics and among disability it to lose the as a forum which they say humiliates them as a key backer of the games. well out from moscow are you watching our team with me to bang with say first civilian airport in syria in a cross haze of the country's largest rebel group the free syrian army in a statement on his facebook page the group that said that the a poisons in their schools and aleppo were hosting ministries flights as part of an alleged arms smuggling network for the government earlier this month the rebels were handed dozens of lethal u.s. made anti a missile launchers the delivery thought to have been carried out by the rebels western backers y. of turkey two strong condemnation the editor of the independent website in syria tribunals says of the rebels tactics be on the pale. the rebels saying that they are attacking civilian airports now is just one more step in revealing their actual terrorist nature because it's against every law in the world to attack civilian airports for whatsoever reasons i'm

it is reserved for people with disabilities. police chief says there is a significant and sizable community of disabled people and he wants to make sure there are enough available parking spaces for them. beginning today there will be a crack down on those who illegally use placards to park in spaces reserved for people with disabilities. parking and cost officers now have authorization to cite for abuse. >> our enforcement officers are in a position to see it suspected abuse of these but before did not have the training or the legal authority to intervene. >> previously only police could be issued the citations. using the placard without the person present or use in expired one can result in fines of up to $1,000. essentially parking enforcement officers have the ability to show proof and it has been issued to them so no more cheaters as you mentioned in berkeley. the crackdown begins today >> we would also like to hear from you folks out there, who'd , noel says i think it is great, too many people use them for their own perso

you know this is so disability and people's activity has really given the other side though how paul floats they kill people like ultimate team g.b. athletes appeared to highlight the artist branding on their paralympic accreditation during the opening ceremony but activists say that's not enough when the toss and the government expect to cause a round hole for a million people to lose their independent living benefits in the next four years. and we've got more news on the paralympic games for you on our website as well as some other stories you may have missed started insulting devastatingly funny our new british sitcom script the muslim audience in the u.k. . under also totty dot com making money the easy way to learn how to talented swindler cheated billions of dollars out of crustal investing. charges will be filed against dozens of cia officers accused of torturing two terror suspects to death at detention facilities in iraq and afghanistan the young the u.s. justice department officially closed its investigation saying it didn't have enough evidence for a conviction and allison

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