Viewpoint. You are calling your campaign end the awkward focus on the person not the disability. Talk about the the reasons you chose that disability. The campaign was born out of the idea that many people are unfamiliar with disability issues and that some people dont know many people with disabilities. A lot of these people are intimidated out of making a mistake or in a social interaction with a person with a disability. So the campaign is really focused on making sure that people are more comfortable in these social interactions. People dont avoid these social interactions because they have malice towards people with disabilities or because theyre bad people in any way. It really is the idea that its important to reduce the fear around interacting with people with disabilities so that we can have more of these social interactions and really promote social inclusion for people with disabilities. So part of our ongoing education and awareness effort. Absolutely. In the office of disa
Sentenced for stealing heroin. Now abc 7 news at 11 00, on your side. Leon a Metro Transit Police officer behind bars, david davis accused of exposing himself and asking for inappropriate images from a 16 year old girl. He is charged with taking indecent liberties with a minor. Roz plater spoke with people who knew him well and has the top story. Roz the investigation began with Metro Transit Police, and up by the fbi, finished off by the Prince George police who made the arrest. They are very serious charges. David davis is a sevenyear veteran Metro Transit Police officer. After searching his woodbridge home early thursday morning Prince William county Police Charged him with taking indecent liberties with a child. His roommates are stunned. Very surprising. I cannot believe it, to be honest. He is a really good guy. He is a mentor to the kids in the neighborhood. Roz the police say that he used a cell phone app to chat with a girl. He exposed himself and solicited inappropriate image
Sensational sounds it can only be the notting hill carnival. Good evening. The authorities in texas tonight said they were still very much in a search and rescue operation in the aftermath of Tropical Storm harvey which has brought devastation to many parts of the state. Aerial pictures today show the effect of the most powerful storm to have hit texas in more than 50 years. Nearly half a Million People are in need of help following severe flooding caused by torrential rains. Some 30,000 are temporarily homeless in houston the fourth largest city in the United States. Early estimates of losses are said to approach £2 billion at this stage. From houston, james cook sent this report. Wa ke wake up. Wake up. In texas today, every stranger is a friend. You made it. Exhausted, unable even to stand, but she is safe. You made it. Ok. All day long they have struggled to safety. Family after all day long they have struggled to safety. Fa m ily after fa m ily abandoning their homes to the water