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ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial Rounded MT Bold" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial Rounded MT Bold" >Help make the American's with Disabilities Act a reality!</FONT></div> <bR> <div> 1.  Get to know your local represenatives.  Become an advocate.  The more    </div> <div>      accessable a community is, the more citizens of all ages, sizes and abilities  </div> <div>      benefit.</div> <div> 2. Sign a Spirit of ADA Petition, go to<B> </B><A HREF="http://www.spiritofada.org." TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.spiritofada.org."><U><B>http://www.spiritofada.org.</B></U></A></div> <div> 3. Get your elected officials and candidates running for office to sign a</div> <div>      Spirit of ADA Pledge, go to <A HREF="http://www.spiritofada.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.spiritofada.org"><U>http://www.spiritofada.org</U></A>.</div> <div> 4.  Implement the Olmstead decision, "Activate your license to change the</div> <div>       system, " go to<B> http://</B><A HREF="http://www.freedomclearinghouse.org." TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.freedomclearinghouse.org."><U><B>www.freedomclearinghouse.org.</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> "On June 22, 1999, the United States Supreme Court held in Olmstead v. L.C.</div> <div> that the unnecessary segregation of individuals with disabilities in</div> <div> institutions may constitute discrimination based on disability."</div> <bR> <div> 5. Request a copy of NCD's ADA Report on enforcement and implementation,</div> <div> it'll be released June 27th, 10 AM, at the National Press Club, Mark</div> <div> Quigley, mquigley@ncd.gov.</div> <bR> <div> 6.. Distribute this message and the web site for Save the ADA,</div> <div> <B>               </B><A HREF="http://www.save-ada.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.save-ada.com"><U><B>http://www.save-ada.com</B></U></A><B>, far and wide.</B></div> <bR> <div> Get the ADA information you might need to discuss and negotiate a situation at</div> <div>  this site.</div> <div> <B>Protection & Advocacy Systems</B></div> <div> <B>The Nation's Disability Rights Network</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.protectionand advocacy.com/odis.htm#P" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.protectionand advocacy.com/od"><U><B>http://www.protectionandadvocacy.com/odis.htm#P</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1ed95c10.jpg" border=0 width="149" height="193" ALT="Business man in suit in wheelchair talking to woman walking " ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">                         <IMG SRC="1eeacc10.jpg" border=0 width="172" height="193" ALT="Two women talking. One standing and the other siting in wheelchair at her desk" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>     In a barrier free work                               The cost of making a workplace </div> <div>     enviornment, people with                        accessable is nominal.  The</div> <div>     handicaps can excel and                               rewards are great.</div> <div>      have successful careers </div> <div>             and social lives.</div> <bR> <div> <B>My own thoughts</B></div> <bR> <div> Many people with Disabilities have jobs, active social lives and are contributing members of society. Many, would like to have the opportunity to acquire the skills to be able to have a job,but because there is little or no governing force to break down the barriers which the passing of the ADA laws were supposed to accomplish, society does not benefit from the contributions people with disabilities might be able to give it. We can not help but ask the following questions......</div> <bR> <div> 1)   When will the barriers be removed? </div> <bR> <div> 2)   When will employers be more willing to hire the disabled?</div> <bR> <div> 3)   When will merchants realize that we have to eat, cloth ourselves, buy gifts and therefore</div> <div>       spend money in their establishments and comply with the ADA guildlines? </div> <bR> <div> 4)   When will public transportation, i.e. city buses with lifts for wheelchair/scooter users     </div> <div>        become the reality that was promised the citizens about 11 years ago and which was          </div> <div>        also mandated  via the ADA laws and the intent behind them? The intent behind the           </div> <div>        ADA laws was to allow the citizens of all ages to remain as independent and self-</div> <div>        sufficient as humanly possible for as long as possible.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Please, contact your government oficials to support and enforce the intent of the ADA Law.  </B><B>Society as a whole will  benefit in every way.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>         </B></div> <bR> <div>                                     </div> <div>           <B> </B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" >Books & More</FONT><A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Books and More"><U><IMG SRC="1469f680.jpg" border=0 width="159" height="104" ALT="Back Buttom " ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>    <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3333CC" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id45.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Transportation Solution"><U><B><IMG SRC="13ba3730.jpg" border=0 width="163" height="115" ALT="Forward Button " ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#333399" FACE="Arial" >Our Transportation</FONT></div> <div>                                                                                                                                                               Solution</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>