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Tom Harkin: We have to change that expectation to saying, Wait a minute. Everybody's got some kind of disability.

On the recordMarch 1, 2011
We have to change that expectation to saying, Wait a minute. Everybody's got some kind of disability.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin emphasizes the need to change perceptions about disabilities and employment expectations.

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