I received this email and I felt compelled to place this on my blog for all to see. The ADA is under attack again and the United Spinal Association needs our help and all people that are disabled need our help.

I am disabled myself.

United Spinal Association is working to obtain a majority of members of the House to become co-sponsors and we’re nearly there!

We can get there with your help. Ask your Representatives and Senators to Co-Sponsor the ADA Restoration Act.

Take Action At: http://www.unitedspinal.org/advocacy/employment-discrimination/

Did you know that the Americans with Disabilities Act may not protect someone with a disability from an employer who does not hire or fires that person?

People with disabilities should not be subject to discrimination in the workplace. The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 was passed with overwhelming support from both parties and signed by President George H.W. Bush in order to give people with disabilities an equal opportunity to work and a chance to be judged fairly.

But this is not happening. The courts have created an absurd Catch-22 so that a person is "too disabled" to do the job but "not disabled enough" to be protected by the ADA. This is wrong!

Four strong leaders of both parties have introduced a bill to restore the Americans with Disabilities Act to its original intent. You can send an email that is ready to go to your own Representative and your own two Senators.

Go to http://www.unitedspinal.org/advocacy/employment-discrimination/ and click on Take Action.

If you or someone you know has been fired or not hired due to a disability, it helps to add a short description of what happened to the letter you send.

If you get a chance, please thank the primary sponsors of the ADA Restoration Act: Representatives Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and James Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Senators Tom Harkin, (D-IA) and Arlen Specter (R-PA). Harkin was the lead Senator on original passage of the ADA in 1990.

For more information (including a list of all Representatives who have agreed to co-sponsor the ADA Restoration Act) or any other issues in Washington that are important to people with disabilities, please send an email to publicpolicy@unitedspinal.org

Thank you,
Public Policy
United Spinal Association

Sharon