(Hosted & Produced by Marlon “Shymar” Molinos)

The View from Chair Level is a talk show that discusses various topics from the viewpoint of Marlon Molinos an individual living with Cerebral Palsy since birth. The goal of this show is to inspire everyone to look past your limitations and find creative ways to accomplish your daily goals. A free mind is limitless, and you are the only one that sets your own limits. 

Featured Song: Huey Lewis and The News - I Want a New Drug

The disabled have little access to sexual and reproductive education and general health information. They usually lack family planning knowledge and access. As a result, they have many children; compounding their financial challenges to look after the children. Access to health care facilities is also a challenge. Some clinics are far away, and some are not affordable. The HIV and AIDS scourge has adversely affected the disabled as they have been excluded in special education on the disease as far as prevention, management and treatment. There are no readily available materials in Braille for the blind. Some disabled are physically and sexually abused. By the time the abuse is discovered it will be too late to get proper and correct treatment. 

Rebuttal

I agree with these issues wholeheartedly. The fact that the community with disabilities have compounded issues from needing assistive technology to live a somewhat “normal” life, to fighting for equal access to treatment, and various other necessities; having accessible materials such as pamphlets printed in Braille should also be readily available to the masses. I understand healthcare is very expensive and that even those without a disability also may not afford insurance, but there should be a way to make healthcare more affordable and accessible to all; disabled, or not.

I get that funding is always the go to issue in all matters, and I hope someday that won’t be. I know we are currently in a crisis with the COVID-19 pandemic and everyone is still recovering. I just feel that when this pandemic becomes more manageable. Our entire Government both local and federal need to find a way to make healthcare as a whole a priority and more affordable. I don’t have any ideas at the moment, but I’m sure you my faithful listeners do have some ideas.

Marlon Molinos – "it doesn't matter how a disability or situation is acquired. What matters is how you overcome, survive, and thrive with it."