Soon after the election, the Office of Congressional Accessibility Services began talking with Fetterman about what accommodations he would need when he arrived. Primarily, he required the same sort of technology he used on the campaign trail, which allows him to read what people say in real time, much like the closed-captioning that TV viewers might use.
The SAA worked with the office of the Secretary of the Senate, the Senate Rules Committee, and Senate leadership to get Fetterman’s assistive technology in place, although doing so did not require any rules changes, since the SAA has the authority to provide Americans With Disabilities Act accommodations to Senators and staff who need them.
“I do think that John Fetterman—his example personally, and the example the Senate is setting—will be really helpful to a lot of people,” says Maria Town, President and CEO of the American Association of People with Disabilities. “It’s going to take many, many people, both people with disabilities and non-disabled people, actually saying, ‘Okay, we can make this happen in our workplace, in our church, in our community centers.
Duckworth, who lost her legs while serving in the Army in Iraq and uses a wheelchair, became the first disabled woman elected to the Senate in 2016. She says accessibility has improved since she first arrived, with the addition of a lift in the chamber that lets her preside over the Senate and a new ramp into the cloakroom.
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He's got guts. Besides, I'd rather have him with any limitation than those sick, corrupt, sociopathic Republikkkans who take bribes from Putin.
Insane that he was elected. Goes to show how much Dems want power instead of competence. He could have been in a coma and Dems would have voted for him
He is waste of taxpayers money, but he is a Democrat
His wife🤡🤣
He’s using ChatGPT to make decisions
No One Cares !!!!!!
Assistive Technology - AirPods with Obama on the other end
Fetterman is proof that Democrat voters are part of a cult.
Role model.
Can Joe use the same technology ? He could use the help.
MarkDavis The staff does all of the work in the senate offices anyway.
MarkDavis If only his supporters could recover from Fetterman.
MarkDavis Weren’t we told he would be recovered by now?
His phone, which is an 'Obama phone'.
By assistive technology Time means he brings his wife to work with him..
They created technology that allows potatoes to speak? Holy fuck what a time to be alive!!!
Completely unfit to be dog catcher, let alone Senator.
So what you’re saying is he can’t do his job effectively.
Pennsylvania's best!!