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After years of being
weakened in the courts, Congress is coming to the rescue of
the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the bipartisan
civil rights protections signed into law in 1990. Majority
Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and Representative James
Sensenbrenner (R-WI)will introduce the ADA Restoration Act
of 2007 on July 26, the 17th anniversary of the ADA. This
vital legislation will restate and clarify the intent of
Congress in order to keep the promise of the ADA. Please
take action now to encourage members of Congress to sign-on
and pass this legislation which was drafted with the support
of a broad coalition of disability organizations.
Click the link above to
tell your representatives in Congress to sign-on to and pass
the ADA Restoration Act and keep the promise of the ADA.
Click the link above to
show your support for passage of the ADA Restoration Act. We
will distribute the petitions to Congress and the media.
Click the link above to
tell your story about disability discrimination, how the ADA
has helped you or how the promise of the ADA is still
unfulfilled. We will share these testimonials with Congress
and the media.
Click the link above to
follow the Road To Freedom: Keeping the Promise of the ADA,
our year-long, cross-country bus tour promoting the
restoration of the ADA. Freedom bus Check out the tour
schedule, read the blog and view photos of our journey so
far covering more than 12,000 miles, 28 states and 45 bus
stop events.
Seventeen years ago,
Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
with overwhelming bipartisan support. However, in recent
years, a number of Supreme Court decisions have
significantly reduced the protections available to people
with disabilities in employment settings.
Courts are quick to
side with businesses and employers, deciding against people
with disabilities who challenge employment discrimination
97% of the time, often before the person has even had a
chance to show that the employer treated them unfairly. Indeed, courts have created an absurd Catch-22 by allowing employers to say a person is “too disabled” to do the job but not “disabled enough” to be protected by the ADA. People with conditions like epilepsy, diabetes, HIV, cancer, hearing loss, and mental illness that manage their disabilities with medication, prosthetics, hearing aids, etc. -- or “mitigating measures” -- are viewed as “too functional” to have a disability and are denied the ADA’s protection from employment discrimination.
People denied a job or
fired because an employer mistakenly believes they cannot
perform the job or because the employer does not want people
with disabilities in the workplace are also denied the ADA's
protection from employment discrimination. |
