Every opinion based on scientific criticism I welcome. As to prejudices of so-called public opinion, to which I have never made concessions, now as aforetime the maxim of the great Florentine is mine: ―Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti.‖ [Follow your own course, and let people talk – paraphrased from Dante] --Karl Marx London July 25, 1867
Sunday, October 30, 2016
身心障礙(disability)=政治隱形(invisibility)?
對於身心障礙者而言,投票不僅費力而且可能既危險又沒有隱私。Schur et al. (2015)的研究發現(https://goo.gl/9RRyV1,稍早的全文版本:https://goo.gl/szVBJb),在全美三千五百萬有身心障礙的合格選民中,有約三分之一表示在2012大選投票時遇到麻煩;而且在號稱為身心障礙者提供特別場地或設施的投票所中,實際上有將近一半對於身心障礙者而言還是難以順利運作。
UC DAVIS學者Mindy Romero也指出,即使身心障礙者非常需要有政治人物能代其發聲並為其爭其權益,但由於面臨種種投票時的困難,所以身心障礙者的投票率一直都很低迷。Schur et al. (2015)的研究估計,若身心障礙者的投票率和無身心障礙者相當,全美將會多出近三百萬張的選票,這絕對足以影響整個大選的選情!
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