This woman has been arrested 131 times fighting for disability rights—and she’s not done yet

Anita Cameron, one of the protesters arrested that day, has a message for people who are shocked by the photos. “Concentrate on why we’re there, and not how we’re being treated” by police, she says. “People look at the disability and they think we are helpless or fragile…and that’s so far from the truth.”

 

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Topics:
Health, Human Rights

Author:
Lola Fadulu

Source:
Quartz

Date published:
Sat 22nd Jul, 2017