EQUAL RIGHTS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
Sat, 13 Jan 2007 20:02:57 ESTWE ARE CONSTANTLY HEARING ABOUT THE RIGHTS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. WE ARE CONSTANTLY HEARING ABOUT THE RIGHTS THE AMERICAN DISABILITY ACT GIVES US. WE ARE CONSTANTLY HEARING, HEARING, AND HEARING !!!!!!!!!!!!!
BUT WE ALL HAVE FORGOTTEN THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. F R E E D O M !!!!!!!!
FREEDOM MEANS WHAT THE U.S. CONSTITUTION SAYS. FROM THE VERY YOUNG TO THE VERY OLD. FREEDOM MEANS CIVIL RIGHTS FOR THE VERY YOUNG TO THE VERY OLD. FREEDOM INCLUDES ALL PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES FROM THE VERY YOUNG TO THE VERY OLD.
THE SO CALLED ORGANIZATIONS AND OUR SO CALLED ELECTED PERSONS IN OFFICE, BOTH PAST AND PRESENT, DON'T ADDRESS OUR COMPLETE RIGHT TO LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.
PLEASE LET ME TELL YOU WHAT THIS MEANS TO US. THIS MEANS FREEDOM TO GO ANY WHERE, LIVE OUR LIFE THE BEST WE CAN AND NOT TREATED AS A SECOND RATE CITIZEN.
EVERYONE USING A CANE, WALKER, WHEEL CHAIR, MOTOR SCOOTER, POWER CHAIR AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED DON'T HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS AS THOSE WITHOUT DISABILITIES. YOU HAVE TO LIVE OUR LIFE TO KNOW THE CHALLENGE WE FACE EVERYDAY.
WE DON'T HAVE POWER DOORS.
THE AMERICAN DISABILITY ACT FORGOT THIS. POWER DOORS MEAN FREEDOM. FREEDOM FOR PARENTS WITH HANDICAPPED CHILDREN. THIS MEANS FREEDOM FOR ALL PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES TO GO SHOPPING, MOVIES, RESTAURANTS, SCHOOL, CHURCH AND WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DO WITH THEIR FRIENDS WITH AND WITHOUT DISABILITIES. THIS MEANS FREEDOM FOR PERSONS WHO BECAME DISABLED LATER IN LIFE. THIS MEANS FREEDOM FOR OUR SERVICE PERSONAL WHO BECAME HANDICAPPED FIGHTING FOR OUR FREEDOM. FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHTS OF FREEDOM IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. AND NOW FOR OUR SOLDIERS AND MARINES INJURED IN AFGANISTAN AND IRAQ.
WHY ARE WE FIGHTING IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES FOR THEIR FREEDOM AND THEIR CIVIL RIGHTS? HOW CAN THE U.S. HONESTLY DO THIS WHEN A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY IS NOT TREATED EQUALLY? THIS IS A QUESTION WE WOULD LIKED TO BE ANSWERED. THERE IS A CHALLENGE WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE ALL OF YOU. BECOME DISABLED FOR TWO WEEKS. LIVE OUR LIFE FOR ONE WEEK IN A WHEEL CHAIR. THEN ONE WEEK USING A CANE OR WALKER.
THE CHALLENGE IS THIS.
MAKE SURE THERE IS SOMEONE WITH YOU, BUT; YOU DO THE CHALLENGE YOURSELF. USING A WHEEL CHAIR GO SHOPPING, MALLS AND NO OPEN MALLS. GO TO A RESTAURANT. GO TO A THEATRE OR SHOW. GO TO A COMMERCIAL BUILDING MAYBE WHERE YOUR OFFICE IS. GO TO CHURCH. KEEP ALL YOUR MEETINGS.
EACH OF THESE PLACES YOU AND YOU ALONE OPEN THESE DOORS GOING IN AND COMING OUT. N O H E L P !!!!!!!! YOU ALSO TAKE NOTE HOW YOU ARE TREATED ESPECIALLY IN RESTAURANTS AND SHOPPING. THIS DOES NOT TAKE INCLUDE GROCERY SHOPPING OR WAL-MART.
THE NEXT WEEK THE PERSON THAT CAME WITH YOU, USES A WALKER OR CANE. DOING THE SAME THING. USE A 4 LEGGED CANE FOR THREE DAYS AND THE WALKER THE REST.
IF YOU ACCEPT THIS CHALLENGE PLEASE LET US HEAR FROM YOU. FREEDOM, RIGHTS AND HAPPINESS IS HEAVEN AND GOLD ROLLED UP AS ONE.
MEDICAL BUILDINGS, DOCTOR OFFICES AND RETAIL BUSINESSES DEALING WITH DISABLED PERSONS HAVE A BIG PROBLEM WITH DOORS. WE ARE TOLD THIS CONSTANTLY, "MONEY AND THE WAY THE AMERICAN DISABILITY ACT WAS WRITTEN ARE THE PROBLEM." IT IS NOT THEIR PROBLEM.
PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR WEB SITE http://bonewits.net/UVDA-0.htm
PLEASE CHECK THE LINK ACCESS BOARD. THESE ARE ALL THE NEW RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE ADA.WE STRUGGLE EVERYDAY. WE ARE DISABLED. WE HAVE A SAYING, "YOU CAN GO TO BED FEELING GOOD AND THE NEXT DAY YOU CAN BECOME ONE OF US."
WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU AND SET UP A MEETING.
UNIFIED VOICE OF DISABLED AMERICANS
ROSEMARIE A BOTTHOF
THANK YOU.
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