My 47 year old son lost the right to vote

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31. I'm very sorry about that. My daughter is developmentally disabled, although not intellectually disabled...but since

she has a speech disability (and is also quadriplegic, as a result of cerebral palsy), she has faced some of the stereotypes (stigma) of having an intellectual disability. (Because that's the assumption many people make.) I had Sascha when I was a teenager (she's 50 now!)...and we both worked for a nonprofit for twenty years in schools trying to dispel stereotypes about people with intellectual and other disabilities, and to prevent bullying/promote inclusion. Sascha's chair of the CA Dems Disability Caucus, and used to be chair of the State Council on Developmental Disabilities. I'll ask her what the situation is in CA in terms of the right to vote and guardianship.

I think you might appreciate that Sascha is also an elected Harris delegate to the convention from Nancy Pelosi's district (since that's where we live). She had been appointed as a Biden delegate by Pelosi for the last (remote) convention, but this time Christine Pelosi encouraged her to run for an elected spot. Nancy Pelosi endorsed her, and Sascha got the second highest number of votes to become one of the three delegates (and one alternate) elected for the female/not male delegate slots. This is (at least) a start in helping to break a glass ceiling (to be an elected delegate) for someone with her type and level of disability, and Sascha feels she is in a small way representing all Americans with developmental disabilities, including your son.

Again, I'm very sorry to hear your son's situation (which is so disappointing), and we should try to change these kinds of laws. (Nancy Pelosi also appointed my daughter to the National Council on Disability, so maybe they could look at this issue.) What state are you in?