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Tom Coburn: “If you put somebody in disability that is not truly disabled, what you did is put a ceiling on their ability to achieve…”

On the recordJune 9, 2014
If you put somebody in disability that is not truly disabled, what you did is put a ceiling on their ability to achieve, perform, grow, succeed.
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Tom Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma

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Coburn discusses the negative impact of mislabeling individuals as disabled.

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