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"With respect to whether or not this is the earliest or only existing footage of FDR in a wheelchair, we cannot state that this is definitively the case, although such footage is certainly rare ...
He's changed his mind. "I hope that when young people -- a young person who goes to visit the FDR Memorial who perhaps is in a wheelchair herself or himself, when they first see the entrance and ...
"I am an FDR buff," plaintiff Phil Beder, who uses a wheelchair, said in a statement released by the group Disability Rights Advocates. "He's my hero. It's patently ironic that a memorial built in ...
"This is what we feel will communicate the reality of FDR's life. He did, in reality, lead this nation from a wheelchair, every day for three and a fraction terms." Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa ...
A new “room” at the entrance to the present memorial contains a simple, life-size bronze statue depicting Roosevelt seated in his wheelchair, wearing his trademark rumpled suit, pince-nez ...
I’ve been in a wheelchair about as long as was FDR and I cannot think of a more grotesque abuse of his disability. FDR would never have said or done anything remotely like this. He never talked ...
“I am an FDR buff,” plaintiff Phil Beder, who uses a wheelchair, said in a statement released by the group Disability Rights Advocates. “He’s my hero. It’s patently ironic that a ...