How Tim Walz is working to change the narrative around people with disabilities
Democratic vice presidential nominee, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, speaks at a rally to kick off his "Driving Forward" Blue Wall Bus Tour at the KI convention center on October 14, 2024 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)
Disabled advocates say they are hopeful that vice presidential candidate Tim Walz’s openness about his son’s non-verbal learning disorder will help challenge stereotypes and open more doors for policy change for American families.
Here & Now’s Deepa Fernandes speaks with two parents with disabilities raising young children: AJ Link, president of the National Disabled Legal Professionals Association, and Dom Kelly, president and CEO of the coalition New Disabled South.
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