
At the time I am writing this blog post, the United States has inaugurated as its president a person who, in the wake of the collision of American Eagle Flight 5342 and an Army helicopter that killed 67 people and before the investigation into the cause of the collision had even really begun, made the following statements regarding persons with disabilities: "The FAA’s diversity push includes focus on hiring people with severe intellectual and psychiatric disabilities. That is amazing. And then it says, FAA says, people with severe disabilities are…