Meghan Daniels

Because they will fight to protect the Americans with Disabilities Act

I am extremely concerned that people do not understand the devastating effects that Project 2025 would have on all students, but especially disabled students.

In high school, I was not diagnosed with what I now know is ADHD because it was the nineties, and I was a teenage girl. However, the results of the testing showed that I qualified for an individual education plan (IEP), which allowed for accommodations and services. That IEP then carried over to college. I firmly believe that, despite being undiagnosed until age forty, IEPs played a big part in my becoming a functioning, successful member of society.

Project 2025 seeks to not only dismantle the Department of Education, but to also strip the rights provided to students under the Americans with Disabilities Act. As a teacher and parent to a neurodivergent child, Tim Walz understands how important it is that we do not allow that to happen.

As a chronically ill person and woman, I am also concerned that people do not understand how far reaching the effects of dismantling the Affordable Care Act would be. Not only does it help provide access to affordable health care, but it also covers certain types of basic preventative care at little to no cost to the patient. As president, Kamala Harris will continue to fight to protect the ACA. I also know that she will continue to fight for women’s reproductive rights, which is especially critical for those of us in red states, where it can literally be a matter of life and death.

There is so much more I could say, but I will end by saying that Kamala Harris and Tim Walz care about the American people—all American people—not just the powerful ones.

Meghan Daniels is a picture book writer currently living in Austin, Texas.