Tax Cuts Will Cut The Throats of The Disabled Americans

Originally emailed direct to John Howard at The Orange County Register on May 16th, 2002 Wednesday, September 11, 2002 9:43 a.m.-10:21 a.m. ATTN: John Howard at jhoward@ocregister.com Phone: 916-449-6687 RE: Governor Gray Davis' Tax Cuts will "Cut The Throats of The Disabled Americans!" Dear Mr. Howard, I was reading the article about how Mr. Davis wanted to take away what this country stands for. Number one, we have the one right to health care, affordability of housing, and people come from other place to take what services we have. We have too many who are needing and not enough supply as it is, period. To tell you a little about myself, my name is Paulette Le Pore Motzko, and I am forty-years old, now 41 as of August 31st, and have had epilepsy for that long. I have a convulsive disorder that is incurable and it will be for the rest of my life. I cannot drive because of this and instead take a public transit support OCTA service called ACCESS. I have a Disabled Identification Card with my picture on it, and to get it I have to meet these criteria: I must have a disabled identification plaquard. I must have a lifetime disorder with no cure. I must be not be able to drive a vehicle for any reason, and after one car accident I was fortunate to be here typing this to you; I haven't drive in about fifteen years! It took me riding a former Access funded program, that at the time, left me and countless others waiting, doing nothing, for up to four hours! Yes, current transportation systems for the disabled have come a long way, as I've been a spokesperson for increasing its funds. Thank God, literally, for this, as I always managed to write a journalistic article, or "do something with my time' during these waits. Now, it took fifteen years of my life to get this service yet others aren't as willing to fight as I. It is my car for life, unless I use my scooter, mobility device with a programmable seizure-abort device I had my Safari scooter equipped with. I can walk but I'm considered non-ambulatory as I'm photosensitive and cannot tolerate walking long distances. Some days are better than others. You don't know a person has epilepsy unless they have a seizure. Both yourself and all the editors that worked on this important article that affects us all, wouldn't know I had epilepsy by looking at me. I look like anybody else. Walk like anybody else and am even attractive for forty, now forty-one. If you see my Medic Alert band on my wrist, that's when you might suspect something is the matter. It is the invisible disorder. I stood up for it as the former President, CEO, and client of The Epilepsy Connection for many years. All my work was philanthropic, and I've never got paid a dime. I've saved lives but my dollars are getting sparse and this article outraged not only me, but also my elderly parents I'm living with at this time. The working world is biased against disabled people and although I've got brains, a resume that can beat others, stigmas exist and I've had jobs offering $50,000 per year, until they knew I had

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