First Disabled CongressWoman Elected In US
November 9, 2012
Obama’s victory, and his specific mention of disabled people in his victory speech, are not all we have to celebrate about the American election, as BBC Ouch reports:
Joining Obama in Congress will be double amputee Tammy Duckworth, the first disabled woman to address the house.
Duckworth, who lost her legs in action as a helicopter pilot with the US army, also blazes a trail as the first Congresswoman of Asian origin. Minority checklist time: she’s a disabled, Asian American woman.
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