Disability²

Please visit www.TheTroubleWithJerry.net.  As many know, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has decided to give Jerry Lewis an Oscar for his “humanitarian” work for the MDA.  During his decades of hosting the Labor Day Telethon, Jerry Lewis has helped to perpetuate negative, stereotypical attitudes toward people with muscular dystrophy and other disabilities. Jerry Lewis and the Telethon actively promote pity as a fundraising strategy. Disabled people want RESPECT and RIGHTS, not pity and charity. Join us in protesting this action.  Visit the website, add the website to your own blog, sign the petition to the Academy, come to L.A., or plan a protest in your own city.

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