Mark Ewing believes that human rights, dignity, and equality are based solely on fiscal concerns rather the belief that everyone - with or without a disability - should enjoy the right to an education.

In a recent speech, he suggested that children with disabilities should be denied an education saying:

“I got to be honest with you, I am not in favor of the No Child Left Behind Act. We are spending millions and millions of dollars educating children that have a hard time making their wheelchair move and, I’m sorry, but you’ve got to say, ‘no’ somewhere. We need to educate our children, but there are certain individuals that are just not going to benefit from an education."

He has forgotten the contributions persons with disabilities make every day. And perhaps most importantly, he feels his own worth exceeds those of thousands of others which makes him unfit to hold public office.