[il-talk] Special Session Alert: Call to Action: Risk of major ADA amendments soon by the "ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017"

[Pete Berg]

The Great Lakes ADA Center, a member of the ADA National Network is
sponsoring a Free Webinar session aimed at providing information about the
pending threats to the ADA within Congress and calling on people to take
action at the local level to stop the momentum that has been building.
Act now and share this with your colleagues and friends!   This is a fight
that everyone needs to be a part of.
When:   May 1, 2017
Time:  2-3:30pm ET
ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017 (H.R. 620) and similar ADA notification
bills are gaining more steam in Congress than ever before. If any passes, it
will have a devastating impact on the ADA by denying people with
disabilities the power to enforce some of its requirements. 

DREDF and other disability rights advocates are working-and need others to
join them!-to counter the business lobby, which wants to make it much more
difficult to attain accessibility when businesses such as stores,
restaurants, hotels, etc. disregard their ADA responsibilities. 

What would H.R. 620 (ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017) do? 
.       Remove any incentive for voluntary compliance.
.       Require a person with a disability who encounters an access barrier
to send a letter detailing the exact ADA provisions that are being violated.
.       Reward non-compliance by allowing businesses generous additional
timelines, even though the ADA's reasonable requirements are already over 25
years old!
.       Perpetuate the myth that the ADA benefits unscrupulous lawyers
rather than the truth: that the ADA is the most important civil rights law
for people with disabilities.
.       Ignores the extensive, free educational resources already available
today to any business on how to comply with the law.
Join us for this webinar to learn more about what is happening with this
quickly-moving bill, and how you and others can get involved.
The session will be captioned.
Telephone option (not toll free) is available as an option for audio or you
can also connect via mobile app (limited accessibility for screen
reader/voice over users) via your iPhone or Android device, including Kindle
Fire HD
Registration is available on-line at :  www.ada-audio.org  (you will be
required to set up an account on this website if you do not already have
one)