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
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