[il-talk] Fw: Disabled - Illinois Court Access

[Robert Gardner]

FYI


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Subject: FW: Disabled - Illinois Court Access

> Thank you Laura for sharing. Courts and hospitals are still woefully 
> behind in accessibility issues
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Laura Gallagher Watkin [mailto:lgwatkin at hdadvocates.org]
> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 2:05 PM
> To: Abrahamson, Matt
> Subject: FW: Disabled - Illinois Court Access
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> I thought this was good news!
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> From: David Bryant [mailto:drb7949 at drb7949.cnc.net]
> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 2:04 PM
> To: ann at aidslegal.com; Avram Sacks; Barbara Samuels; Barry Schultz; Beth 
> Alpert; Christine Naper; Clyde Ogg ; Dan Bourke; David Kornfeld; Deb 
> Spector ; Ellen Hanson; EAnapolsky; Eric Schnaufer; Frank Tuzzolino ; Fred 
> Daley; George Weber ; gpruzanlafchicago.org; Greg Benker; Hank Rose; 
> Harold Krent; Heather Freeman; James Balanoff; James Green; Jan Kodner; 
> Jeff Rabin; Jennifer Danish; Joni Beth Bailey ; 'Ken Dobbs'; Lawrence 
> Wagner; Marcie Goldbloom; Mark DeBofsky; Richard Hu ; Robert Rains; Roger 
> Hutchinson ; Shelli Gomberg; Stacey Dembo; Steve Weinstein; Suzanne Blaz; 
> Tom Lichten ; 'Tom Nash '; Tom Scully; Tom Yates; Brian Clauss; Chuck 
> Bosko; David M. Wagener; David McLenachen; Gina Holness; Laura Gallagher 
> Watkin; Margaret Kuzma; Marian Neudel; Melissa Ventrone; Robert Hodge; Ron 
> Abrams
> Subject: Disabled - Illinois Court Access
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> Order - Supreme Court adopts form for creation of an Illinois Appellate 
> Court Policy on Access for Persons with Disabilities by all Appellate 
> Courts and orders all Illinois Circuit Courts to adopt policies to ensure 
> reasonable accommodations, auxiliary aids, and services to persons with 
> disabilities, effective immediately 
> http://www.state.il.us/court/SupremeCourt/Announce/2012/121312_2.pdf
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> David R. Bryant
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