[Nfb-idaho] FW: [NFBAffiliatePresidents] Missouri situation and the 20th Anniversary of the ADA

[Susan Bradley]

Hi Everyone

I thought you would be interested in reading this from Scott Labarre and like he said consult your local PBS listing if you are interested.

Susan Bradley
 
> From: slabarre at labarrelaw.com
> To: nfbaffiliatepresidents at nfbnet.org
> Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:18:39 -0600
> CC: chapter-presidents at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [NFBAffiliatePresidents] Missouri situation and the 20th Anniversary of the ADA
> 
> Greetings friends:
> 
> First, I would like to congratulate Gary and the Missouri affiliate for the excellent work in getting Baby Mikaela back with her parents!! Particular thanks goes to Baby Mikaela and her parents for hanging tough and standing up for their rights. Over the years, far too many blind parents have saddly let the state roll over them in such scenarios. 
> 
> On Saturday, I spoke before the City of Denver's ADA 20th Anniversary Celebration at the Denver Botanic Gardens. In pointing out how far we have yet to travel in achieving first class citizenship for the blind and disabled of our nation, I mentioned the Baby Mikaela story.
> 
> Some have expressed the opinion that they are shocked that such a situation can still occur. Perhaps because I see and fight discrimination all the time, I am not as shocked. It happens in many different ways all over our great land. Although we view the ADA as a civil rights law granting us equal opportunity under law, most of our society does not view our issues as those of civil rights. We are still looked at as medical problems, something to be fixed and taken care of. Things are getting better, but we have many, many miles to go. The Baby Mikaela story is simply the most recent, and most astonishing reminder. 
> 
> When I was giving my speech yesterday, I didn't realize that PBS was their filming. They are doing an in depth story about the 20th anniversary of the ADA tommorow on the PBS News Hour. They interviewed me for quite a while after the ceremonies, and it will be interesting to see how PBS addresses the story tomorrow. Here in the Denver market, the show will come on at 6:00 p.m. on our main PBS channel. As they say, consult your local listings, if you are at all interested.
> 
> Once again, my hat goes off to our great folks in Missouri!! This wasn't and isn't just a Missouri problem. It is more evidence in support of the reason why we must continue to grow our affiliates and chapters so that we can keep spreading a positive message about blindness.
> Regards, 
> Scott C. LaBarre, Esq.
> 
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