Date: current when sending out

Ms. Lisa Madigan
IL. Attorney General
100 W. Randolph St.
Chicago, IL. 60601

Dear Ms. Madigan:

The Unified Voice of Disabled Americans is coming to you wondering why persons with disabilities is still having to fight for accessibility.

The Vietnam Veterans fought for their rights to HAVE THE AMERICAN DISABILITY ACT written. Accessibility for everyone with disabilities no matter what age or war. They fought for the right to go anywhere no matter using a cane, walker, wheel chair or power chair. They fought for the rights of all persons with disabilities caused by going to fight in foreign countries, disease or accident. Giving these countries the right to allow their citizens or government the freedom of democracy. The same rights SUPPOSEDLY all the citizens of the UNITIED STATES OF AMERICA are to HAVE. The rights of the citizens of our country the same rights as the citizens without disabilities.

The United States likes to tell these countries we don't Discriminate. We like to tell the world our politicians pass laws that will allow all their citizens the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

This is not true. Not all the citizens of the UNITED STATES HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS.

Ms. Madigan, when you were a Senator you fought for persons with disabilities. When you became Attorney General you fought for the handicap parking space and won. The Unified Voice of Disabled Americans talked to your office this past week. We found out your office is not fighting or going to fight for our right to Accessibility to Federal, State or Commercial Real Estate. We found out that all the new recommendations the Federal Access Board has recommended to make the American Disabilities Act work for persons with disabilities is not considered. The recommendations, we were told don't have to be enforced or looked at because they were not laws. We were told these recommendations were not priority and maybe years down the line they will be looked at to be changed.

We wanted to know what is being down to see that commercial, state and federal buildings were not required to have power doors. It is not in the American Disability Act. Power Doors is ACCESSIBILITY. If your office has been following the Access Board recommendations all federal buildings are to have power doors. There is a law in the American Disability Act, BARRIERS. Your office thought this was a joke. It is not a joke. This is a Barrier. We can't get around the doors or through the doors without causing us a problem.

The IL. State Attorney's office is to make sure that everyone in your State has the same rights of freedom. It is your office to make sure the law of discrimination is enforced. It is your office to make sure that Springfield is looking at the new recommendations. It is your office responsibility to make sure every person with a disability young or old has the right to dignity and accessibility.

Unified Voice of Disabled Americans has a theory. Every person young or old may go to bed okay but the next day there life through disease, accident or in the armed forces join the 54 million disabled persons. NO ONE IS EXEMPT.

Please check our web sight, http://bonewits.com/UVDA-0.htm. Alexian Bros Hospital and power doors on all federal buildings.

POWER DOORS are not years down the line.

Cordially,

Unified Voice of Disabled Americans

Rosemarie A. Botthof               Linda Stearns