Well I can't prove to you something that doesn't exist. However, if there is a statute, you can prove it! Trot that puppy out. Show it to me.
On this issue I'm not the average political poster. As with most people here on DP I don't just talk about government I try to do something about it. I don't know what local, state, or national committees, programs, boards, task forces you are on but I have been volunteering on local, state and national committees, boards and task forces for over 20 years. (I was on two national committees and I found it disgusting. Much too political and nothing was accomplished that mattered at local levels.) My experience began as a member of a local public school board. I volunteered to focus on disabled students, no one else wanted it. There's no glory there. I learned so much. I even took some graduate classes to learn more about it. One graduate class was disability law. I'm betting that's already more than Coburn has taken. Following the school board experience I volunteer to serve on the boards of two local disability advocacy support groups. (One until I moved and then another in another town.) I have served on state boards having been appointed by a governor 3 separate occasions and I volunteered to join a sub committee on disabilities on another state board. Once you get going it gets in your blood.
Truth be told, almost every local, county and state has disability boards, commissions, committees begging for people to serve. If you are really concerned about the issue, and it sounds like you are, they'd love to have you. It is a great way to be a part of democracy and to contribute to the greater good. It is also a great way to make changes.
