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This announcement was at the Special Olympics this year:
Biden praises Special Olympics athletes By REBECCA BOONE
BOISE, Idaho -- "Vice President Joe Biden says that President Barack Obama is committed to programs designed to improve the livelihood of Americans with disabilities and special needs.
To demonstrate his point, Biden announced that Kareem Dale, a former member of Obama's campaign in charge of coordinating the vote of disabled Americans, has been named the special assistant to the president for disabilities policy."
"The nation needs policy changes that will ensure Americans with disabilities can get and keep fulfilling jobs without worrying about losing government-funded health insurance or other assistance, Biden said. Advocates have long complained that programs like Social Security Disability Insurance, Supplemental Security Income, Medicaid and Medicare essentially force disabled workers to leave their jobs or prevent them from working so that they can qualify for the medical care they need ."
I doubt any other President has ever done this or at least this is as far better then anything Bush ever did. This does not excuse his comment but he is committed to disabled Americans.
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