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I'm browsing @TrainDems trainings for Democrats who want to run for office. They don't seem to have an accessibility statement or ways to request accommodations for their trainings. Then I kept digging & found this in their FAQ: #CripTheVote 1/6
Does @TrainDems think that disabled people can't run for office? Because their FAQ assumes that disabled people can only contribute as volunteers. Disabled people are candidates ( http://www.ncil.org/candidates ), elected officials ( http://www.ncil.org/elected-officials), & organizers. #CripTheVote 2/6
Disabled volunteers can do more than administrative work. Disabled organizers like @queer_spice and @SeeMiaRoll did AMAZING work this cycle. The Georgia Disability Vote Partnership was game-changing. #CripTheVote 3/6
At @NCILAdvocacy, we're running the only campaign training for people with disabilities ( http://www.ncil.org/elevate ). We're told that we should "just integrate" with another campaign training instead of doing our own thing, that what we're doing isn't really needed. #CripTheVote 4/6
Unfortunately, most of the other campaign trainings make it difficult for disabled people to get in the door by not providing accommodations (in some cases explicitly denying them), and don't treat disabled people as viable candidates. #CripTheVote 5/6
. @TrainDems as a start, you need to provide a way to request accommodations (and that doesn't mean turning on Zoom auto-captions, because those aren't accurate). You need to hire disabled trainers & staff to make your programming inclusive. #CripTheVote 6/6
Also to clarify, disabled folks CAN volunteer, and there's nothing wrong with that. What's wrong is assuming that disabled folks can only volunteer, and that volunteer work should only be administrative. #CripTheVote
