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Americans with Disabilities Act 2008

Sat, 08/02/2008 - 16:36
Here's the deal, fellow Americans - you are supposed to be protected
under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990... but there's a
problem with this because of judicial rulings over the years against
this Act.

The following links are from The Epilepsy Foundation Website

Start here and read:

http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/advocacy/legal/incourt.cfm

Then go to the link below - the Restoration Act of 2008 has already
passed the House of Representatives, but is coming up in the Senate
after the August recess. At the top of the page when you follow the
link, there's a way of entering in your zip code beside the "Action
Alert" to generate an automated email to your State Senators.

I say we all get together with family and friends to flood the email boxes of all our Senators with our support for this bill.

http://capwiz.com/efa/issues/alert/?alertid=11740666

I for one, am not going to sit idly by and allow my life to end
because of ignorance from the public and greed from the private sector.

There's also a link to find out if your Representative voted for or
against this legislation. Only 17 voted against it - I would NOT want
to be them come election time if this becomes a major issue! That link
is below this entry and it works the same as the previous link above.
It generates a Thank You email if they voted FOR the ADA 2008 (That's
the way you find out. There's other ways to find out through the roll
calls but I don't have the links handy). I would think (and hope) that
it does the opposite if they voted against it.

http://capwiz.com/efa/issues/alert/?alertid=11549306

Pass this torch to everyone that you know.

Little Green Frog, sittin in the water, Little Green Frog, doin' what he oughter...

DM

No matter where you go, there you are...

 

Comments

Re: Americans with Disabilities Act 2008

Submitted by BeckyH on Mon, 2008-08-04 - 15:04
Thank you!! I have sent emails and I posted it as a bulletin on my myspace page. Hopefully it will make it's way all across the country & people will act on it!!

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