S2 Episode 14: News From The Past Month (Oct. 22)

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In this episode I sit down with my ride/die/bestie Luis yet again  to discuss news going on in the ably different community and our perspectives on it for the month of Oct. You don't want to miss it! Come Roll with Us!

Links to Stories:

1. Foster Care Children Story: https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2022/10/21/states-are-housing-high-needs-foster-kids-in-offices-and-hotels/30093/
2. Doctors Story: https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2022/10/24/doctors-open-up-about-turning-away-patients-with-disabilities/30096/
3. Supreme Court Case: https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2022/10/10/supreme-court-case-could-sharply-limit-disability-rights/30070/
4. Disney: https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2022/10/18/disney-expands-costume-options-for-children-with-disabilities/30086/

Transcript

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So let's get into today's episode.

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So I have my bestie Luis here with me today.

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Hey, Luis, what's up? What's going on?

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I'm glad to be back.

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I'm glad to have you back.

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So we're gonna do our segment

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of News From The Past Month. You ready? I'm ready.

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Alright, let's roll.

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Before we get into it, I would

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like to talk about the last episode.

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That aired last week.

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I thought that was an amazing episode, giving

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people in the disabled community you know information on how

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difficult it is to find employment.

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I'm going through it right now.

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I haven't received any calls back yet, so

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I'm hoping something turns up in the future.

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But yeah, it's difficult.

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Like once they see us, they automatically have

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an impression like they didn't expect to

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see us, how we physically are.

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But we have to use our voices and

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keep fighting and show them that we can

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do anything that anybody else could do.

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Yeah, I mean, it is frustrating.

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It is definitely, definitely frustrating.

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And I think it's something that needs to change,

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but I think it starts with us too.

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Like, we have to keep

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persevering through those challenges.

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So you're definitely right.

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We just have to keep putting

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ourselves out there no matter what.

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And eventually something will stick. Of course.

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So our first story is all about States Housing

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High Need Foster Care Children in Offices and Hotels.

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I think this is so sad, guys.

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This is very sad.

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So basically, because of COVID and because of other

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extraneous factors like not having places to put foster care

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children who have needs, so basically, they have

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mental health needs or they have physical needs.

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So because a lot of people don't have the

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training to deal with this population, they don't like

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bringing them into their homes in foster care.

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A lot of the times, unfortunately.

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But the COVID-19 Pandemic has exacerbated this issue.

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So they have to house a lot of these

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children in hotels and different foster care facilities because

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they just don't have anywhere to put them.

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Or they bounce them from hotel, to hotel,

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to hotel, which adds to more trauma.

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Yeah, that is absolutely ridiculous. It is.

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And it's very sad because these children

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already feel like they're not loved.

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Sometimes their parents give them up, or sometimes ACS

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takes the children because of neglect or things like

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that, so they already don't feel loved.

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And then you're bouncing them from

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home, to home, to home.

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They don't have stability.

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And then the foster care facilities and people

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that they are trying to put them with

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don't have the knowledge or the training.

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So it is so very sad for these

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children, and my heart goes out to them.

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And we really should consider taking more

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children who have special needs into our

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homes because they need a home too.

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They need to feel loved too.

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So are there like, any type of solutions? No.

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Right now, because of the COVID-19 pandemic and a lot

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of foster parents you know are afraid of contracting the disease.

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And the only thing that they have done is

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put them in hotels for two weeks until they

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can find someone to take care of them.

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Or then if they can no longer do it, you know

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then they get put back into a hotel.

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So it's just a vicious cycle that somehow we

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need to find it in our hearts to stop. Guys.

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So our next story has to do with the people

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that take care of us in the form of doctors. What? Yes.

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Apparently in a study that just came

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out in Health Affairs, doctors are opening

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up about turning away patients with disabilities.

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You have got to be kidding me.

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I need to hear more about this.

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Yeah, definitely not kidding you.

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Apparently, they come up with certain excuses such as, I am

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not the doctor for you, or I'm not taking new patients,

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or I do not take your insurance, which, now that I

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think about it, I've heard that last one many times.

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Why are they saying that?

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Apparently they're not educated in taking

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care of people with disabilities.

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A lot of them don't have any knowledge of the ADA yet.

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That is crazy.

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And now that I think about it, I've

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heard that a lot of times too.

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We don't take your insurance.

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And apparently one of these physicians that was

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a part of these studies said that the

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ADA Act actually works against the physicians

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Excuse me?

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Yeah, that makes absolutely no sense.

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ADA act is there to protect us, people in

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the disability community, and I don't see how it

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would work against the doctors who are supposed to

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treat everyone fairly and take care of us.

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Yeah, so you know what?

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This actually leads itself to a bigger issue,

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and that comes back to quality of life.

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And that's the way doctors assess everyone.

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They go off of quality of life, which

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I think is unfair to people with disabilities

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because quality of life is so subjective. Right.

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So what you don't see as a quality of

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life because we're rolling around in wheelchairs or because

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we have a disability, doesn't mean that we don't

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have a quality of life, right?

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So it lends itself to a larger conversation about should

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doctors really be assessing off of quality of life?

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I don't think they should, because then we fall

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in the category of not having "a good quality"

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of life, and that may impact our care.

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So you're telling me that they see us and by

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just looking at us, they determine if using all of

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their knowledge is worth treating us or not?

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I'm saying that they go off of quality of life.

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So if they feel like you're not gonna be able

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to be as productive as you can be from a wheelchair,

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then they're going to say, okay, is it really worth treating? Mhmm

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And sometimes that's possibly or could be reflected

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in the way that they treat us. You know.

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(Story Time Sound Effect).

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So I remember one day when my mom and I got into

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a car accident and I had to be rushed to the ER.

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So they took X rays and everything,

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and I got diagnosed with Whiplash.

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So 15 minutes go by, 20 minutes go by, 30

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minutes go by, and I'm still laying on the stretcher

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waiting for the Tylenol that the doctor prescribed me, right,

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because I was in so much pain.

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So after 30 minutes go by, I said

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to nurse, excuse me, nurse, but I've been

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sitting here waiting for Tylenol for so long.

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Can somebody please bring me some Tylenol?

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So she says, I'm so sorry, but we have

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other patients that we gotta attend to and you know

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they're able to get up and move around.

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So you gotta give me one more minute.

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I said, wait a minute.

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So just because I'm not able to get up and

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move around, you think I'm gonna lay on the

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stretcher in pain after I waited 30 minutes?

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I think not.

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So I said I would like my Tylenol now, please.

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She says, oh, you're a feisty one.

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Okay, you know what

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I'll go get the talent for you right

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now, and you can speak up for yourself.

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So I said this story just to say that sometimes quality

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of life may impact you know how they treat us, what they decide

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to do for us, or what they decide not to do.

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So we have to be very careful.

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But it is important to note that not

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all doctors and nurses are this way.

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There are doctors and nurses that feel like people

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with disabilities are people, too, and we have to

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take care of them the same way.

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But it does lend itself to a bigger

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conversation that we need to have about quality

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of life and whether doctors should be assessing

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based on that, because it is so subjective.

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So this next story, guys, is a bit of a doozy, and

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it's a bit of a head shaker and concerning, so hold on.

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Buckle up your seat belts and get ready

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for this one while I break it down to you guys,

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(Buckle Up and Get Ready Sound Effect).

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So this is called The Supreme

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Court Case Could Sharply Limit Disability Rights

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So the case is known as Talevski versus

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the Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County.

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And basically the estate of Gorgi Talevski, who is

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no longer living, is alleging that he was chemically

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restrained and medicated so that he would go to

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sleep instead of being treated for his dementia while

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living in an Indiana nursing home.

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So the lower court determined that Talevski's estate

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could sue the nursing home under the nursing

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home reform act provisions of Medicaid.

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But the hospital wants to appeal it to the

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supreme court, and they're arguing that nursing home residents

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shouldn't be able to bring suit in federal court.

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So you're telling me that the nursing

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home doesn't want the estate to sue

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them for violating Talevski's civil rights.

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But under the nursing home reform act, it

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states that nursing homes are obligated to meet

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the standards if they receive Medicare and Medicaid.

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The act is to protect seniors from

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physical, emotional, and social abuse and neglect.

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So they heavily Medicated this man in order to

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keep him sleeping and not treat his dementia. Right.

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Which is why this case seems so ridiculous.

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And I don't even know why they're

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bringing it up to the supreme court.

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And it can really, really affect everything

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else because let's look at it.

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If the supreme court basically says, you're right,

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nursing home, residents shouldn't be able to sue

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the federal government for things like that, then

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it can affect supplemental nutrition assistance Program, children's

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Health Insurance Program, temporary assistance to Needy Families,

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and much, much more.

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You want to know how?

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Because if the supreme court says, hey, you can't sue

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the federal government for violating your rights or for doing

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anything illegal, then that means when we feel like, hey,

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the federal government is not being fair to us and

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not giving us the services that they promised us and

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that they mandated to give us, we can't sue them.

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So basically all those things will go away

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because now you're allowing the federal government to

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decide if they want to give it to

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us or not, which I think is ridiculous.

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So if the supreme court decides in favor

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of the nursing home, does that mean everything

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could be stripped away from us?

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That's exactly what it means.

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And then not only that, it can

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seep into other areas as well.

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It can go into title nine of the education

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amendments, of 1972, which bars discrimination based on sex, as

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well as title six of the civil rights act,

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which speaks to discrimination based on race, color or

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national origin, and section 504 of the rehabilitation act,

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which prohibits disability discrimination.

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And the reason why that is, again, is that if

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you tell the federal government they don't have to oblige

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by giving us the things that they're supposed to give

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us or that they're mandated to give us, then they

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don't have to provide us with these other things.

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So this is a serious, serious Supreme Court case

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that we should be looking out for, guys.

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We should be, I don't know, marching or really,

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really speaking up against this, because it can unravel

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everything that has been done for us over the

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decades, and we still need more done.

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So if we're going backwards, we don't need to

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we need to go forward, because there is still

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more that needs to be done for us.

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So we definitely just need to speak up more

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and speak out more, especially about this case, because

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it can have huge implications for our future.

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The Supreme Court is expected to

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hear this case on November 8.

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It is that soon, guys.

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November 8!

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I cannot believe it So

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Yeah, we definitely do deserve the rights we have.

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And to just be stripped away from them,

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I feel like that in itself would just

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be a crime by the federal government.

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I'm hoping they have some common sense

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on November 8 to do what's right. Yeah.

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And to be honest, I lost my faith in the

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Supreme Court system, but I really, really hope they take

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a long, hard look at the Supreme Court case, and

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they do what is right by us.

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And shoot, if they don't.

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We want to march, all disability community.

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We gotta come out, use our voice.

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March, and let's be heard.

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I'm definitely feeling okay.

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Luis, I think we have another.

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Like Martin Luther King Jr. In the making y'all

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I see it coming. I See it coming. Oh, no, that's you.

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You are our leader.

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No, no, no I think that's you.

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Imma give that to you.

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All right, guys, if only you

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know what happens behind the scenes.

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I just mentioned Disney, and our dear host

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is singing the Bruno Song from Encanto. Yes.

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Because that is one of my favorite Disney songs.

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And you gotta remember that I work with

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children all day, and it's the most popular song

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still out, so that's all they wanna hear.

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(Latavia Singing) We don't talk about Bruno. No. No No (Luis' chuckling)

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So it's, like, one of my favorite songs right now.

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But wait, does that mean we're talking about Disney?

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Yes, it definitely is. Yay!

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So Disney did a wonderful thing in helping

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out children with disabilities this past Halloween.

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What?

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I wish I knew about it beforehand. Yup. So do I.

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So apparently they offered eight adaptive costumes and

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five wheelchair covers, allowing children to dress as

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iconic characters like Jasmine from Aladdin, or Woody,

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or Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story.

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So these costumes were easily stretchable for them, and

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they were open in the back so that they

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could come off easily and put on easily.

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So I think that's pretty awesome for Disney to do. Wow.

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I just looked up some right now, and you see

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wheelchair covers, too, where you could be a whole Cinderella

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carriage, and it goes right over the wheelchair.

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I think that's super awesome.

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Where were these costumes when we were growing up.

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I mean, I would have wanted some of these costumes.

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And just FYI, Disney, you know adults

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still like to go trick or treating.

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So if you can make some adult costumes for next

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year you know and hook us up, we would greatly appreciate it.

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Yeah, they even have Black Panther in there

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too, so I think that's pretty cool.

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I think they should also add

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like Mufasa or Mulan or Hercules.

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I'll definitely be Hercules.

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the next Halloween if they do add that to the lineup.

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Yeah, I think it's super great.

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I can imagine everybody for Halloween was probably

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a character from Black Panther because, you know,

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the movie is coming out, which I can't

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wait, it's coming out like, around my birthday. Holla.

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I'm so excited for that.

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But yes, Disney definitely hook us

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up with some adult costumes.

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I wanna go trick or treating again.

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I am a big kid at heart, okay?

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So please hook us up with some costumes.

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I can really use them.

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So now it is time

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for the quote of the episode.

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Luis, take it away.

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So a very uh famous quote that I've heard, throughout

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my life is uh closed, mouths don't get fed.

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So I just think that means don't

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be afraid to use your voice.

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Express what you want, what you need,

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and uh don't let anybody talk you down.

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Yeah, and I think that is super important,

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especially with the Supreme Court case on the

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horizon and just everything in general, right?

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Your voice matters, your opinions matter, and we just

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need to make sure that we are heard.

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So on that note, folks, that's

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all we have for you today.

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Thank you so much for listening to us.

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We appreciate you.

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Luis, thank you again for coming on.

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Thank you for having me.

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I'm glad to be here and I'm

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looking forward for the next one.

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Yes, always.

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So guys, if you would like to read

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more about any of the stories we presented

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in today's episode, you can go to disabilitiescoop.com.

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Again, the website is disabilityscoop.com.

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And I will put the links to all the stories

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that we discussed in my YouTube comments below and I'll

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put them in the streaming service as well so you

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guys can read them because I think the Supreme Court

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case is very important for all of us to read.

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Again, guys, thank you so, so much!

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