[humanser] Persons with disabilities unwelcome at home with programs

Sat Jul 25 01:03:33 UTC 2015

Afternoon, everyone,

         I wonder why the individual blind person 
can't do his own advocacy, why they need some 
kind of mediator? I mean, we ought to know what we need, no?
         IOAt 09:23 PM 7/23/2015, Lisa Irving via humanser wrote:
>Hello Erica and all others, Is it the county 
>required to have an ADA compliance officer? Do 
>you feel that you have the qualifications to do 
>such a job? If so what do you think it would 
>take for you to go to the county to use their 
>funding and to work with people to help create 
>such a position? From, Lisa Irving Sent from my 
>iPhone > On Jul 23, 2015, at 8:37 PM, Karen Rose 
>via humanser <humanser at nfbnet.org> wrote: > > 
>Erica  it sounds like you aare presently 
>looking for a job. Why not create a job for 
>yourself  as the county ADA compliance officer? 
>They nneed one. Why not you? > > Sent from my 
>iPhone > >> On Jul 23, 2015, at 8:06 PM, 
>dotwriter1--- via humanser <humanser at nfbnet.org> 
>wrote: >> >> It's not that services are not 
>available in the community for people with 
>disabilities, it's the fact that the homeless 
>population is not being served. This particular 
>organization is not even willing to direct them 
>to disability related services. When you're 
>homeless you need somewhere to sleep at night. 
>Sometimes securing even subsidize housing takes 
>time. This program has a nightly safe place for 
>the homeless to stay. Churches take turns 
>opening their doors each night. The program they 
>refer them to after the buses stop running is 
>primarily for people with mental health issues 
>and has no real plan in place to get people on 
>their feet. It's an attitude problem where they 
>want to just pass them off to somebody else. 
>There is very little in my community as far as 
>services for people with disabilities unless you 
>are cognitively impaired. This just a simple sad 
>fact. Still, this people need to understand that 
>we are part of the population and deserve the 
>same respect as anyone else. This particular 
>program doesn't have high standards for anyone 
>which is sad enough. I don't have enough space 
>here to explain how poorly it's run. I can't fix 
>everything but I can make them understand they 
>must be ADA compliant.  I learned there is no 
>ADA compliance officer in our county, so I am 
>talking to people and planning strategy. I have 
>people to back me it's just a matter of getting 
>all the minds together. >> >> Ericka >> Sent 
>from my iPhone >> >>> On Jul 23, 2015, at 1:59 
>PM, Carly Mihalakis via humanser 
><humanser at nfbnet.org> wrote: >>> >>> Afternoon, 
>Lisa, and everyone, >>> >>> From what I've seen, 
>hanging out amongst homeless people, there is 
>plenty of disability represented there, so i 
>don't think there is a problem with securing 
>services? >>> CarAt 08:38 AM 7/22/2015, Lisa 
>Irving via humanser wrote: >>>> Hello 
>all, >>>> >>>> I'll take this a step further a 
>while ago I applied for a job and a program run 
>through the YMCA the building was old. They 
>didn't want to hire me because they were worried 
>about me climbing the stairs. I also know a 
>woman who is visually impaired who was denied 
>entrance into this particular program because 
>they were worried about her climbing the stairs. 
>Fortunately for her she was excepted into a 
>Catholic homeless program from Lisa 
>Irving >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>>> 
>On Jul 22, 2015, at 8:29 AM, justin williams via 
>humanser <humanser at nfbnet.org> 
>wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Maybe even check the funding 
>source. >>>>> >>>>> -----Original 
>Message----- >>>>> From: humanser 
>[mailto:humanser-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf 
>Of Reyazuddin, >>>>> Yasmin via humanser >>>>> 
>Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 11:21 AM >>>>> 
>To: Human Services Division Mailing List 
><humanser at nfbnet.org> >>>>> Cc: Reyazuddin, 
>Yasmin 
><Yasmin.Reyazuddin at montgomerycountymd.gov> >>>>> 
>Subject: Re: [humanser] Persons with 
>disabilities unwelcome at home with >>>>> 
>programs >>>>> >>>>> Hi Ericka, >>>>> Nonprofit 
>or for profit, ADA applies to everyone. The 
>organization cannot >>>>> refuse services just 
>because they are located in a historical 
>building. >>>>> There are a few ways to tackle 
>this matter. The ADA information centers 
>or >>>>> the DOJ have resources to resolve this 
>issue. Check out the website >>>>> www.ada.gov. 
>They have technical assistance documents which 
>address all your >>>>> issues. >>>>> The county 
>where you live or where this organization is 
>located, should also >>>>> have an ADA 
>compliance officer. Talk with them if the group 
>gets county >>>>> funding. Most of these groups 
>get some funds from the health departments. > > 
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