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Pete Stark: I would first of all like to try to make it the protocol in this committee--I am not succeeding too well--that we strike…

On the recordSeptember 13, 2012
I would first of all like to try to make it the protocol in this committee--I am not succeeding too well--that we strike from our lexicon the word 'disability.'
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Pete Stark
California

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Stark advocates for changing the terminology around disability to focus on disadvantages instead.

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