[Nfbf-l] President's Proclamation Text
Sherri
flmom2006 at gmail.com
Wed Jul 27 02:27:37 UTC 2011
Thanks Matt.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Matt Roberts" <n9gmr at me.com>
To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <Nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 11:31 AM
Subject: [Nfbf-l] President's Proclamation Text
> I'm including below the complete text of the president's proclamation of
> the ADA. I realize everyone might not be comfortable reading PDF files,
> so I felt doing this was extremely important.
>
> Matt Roberts
> n9gmr at me.com
> blindbikernfb at cfl.rr.com
>
> --- Sent from my MacBook Pro ---
>
> THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary
> For Immediate Release July 25, 2011
> ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, 2011 ------- BY THE
> PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION
> Generations of Americans with disabilities have improved our country in
> countless ways. Refusing to accept the world as it was, they have torn
> down the barriers that prohibited them from fully realizing the American
> dream. Their tireless efforts led to the enactment of the Americans with
> Disabilities Act (ADA), one of the most comprehensive pieces of civil
> rights legislation in our Nation's history. On this day, we celebrate the
> 21st anniversary of the ADA and the progress we have made, and we reaffirm
> our commitment to ensure equal opportunity for all Americans.
> Each day, people living with disabilities make immeasurable contributions
> to the diversity and vitality of our communities. Nearly one in five
> Americans lives with a disability. They are our family members and
> friends, neighbors and colleagues, and business and civic leaders. Since
> the passing of the ADA, persons with disabilities are leading fuller lives
> in neighborhoods that are more accessible and have greater access to new
> technologies. In our classrooms, young people with disabilities now enjoy
> the same educational opportunities as their peers and are gaining the
> tools necessary to reach their greatest potential.
> Despite these advancements, there is more work to be done, and my
> Administration remains committed to ending all forms of discrimination and
> upholding the rights of Americans with disabilities. The Department of
> Justice continues to strengthen enforcement of the ADA by ensuring that
> persons with disabilities have access to community-based services that
> allow them to lead independent lives in the communities of their choosing.
> Under provisions of the Affordable Care Act, insurers will no longer be
> able to engage in the discriminatory practice of denying coverage based on
> pre-existing conditions, and Americans with disabilities will have greater
> control over their health care choices. And last year, I signed an
> Executive Order establishing the Federal Government as a model employer
> for individuals with disabilities, placing a special focus on recruitment
> and retention of public servants with disabilities across Federal
> agencies.
> Through the ADA, America was the first country in the world to
> comprehensively declare equality for citizens with disabilities. To
> continue promoting these principles, we have joined in signing the
> Convention on the Rights of Persons with
> Disabilities. At its core, this Convention promotes equality. It seeks to
> ensure that persons with disabilities enjoy the same rights and
> opportunities as all people, and are able to lead their lives as do other
> individuals.
> Eventual ratification of this Convention would represent another important
> step in our forty-plus years of protecting disability rights. It would
> offer us a platform to encourage other countries to join and implement the
> Convention. Broad implementation would mean greater protections and
> benefits abroad for millions of Americans with disabilities, including our
> veterans, who travel, conduct business, study, reside, or retire overseas.
> In encouraging other countries to join and implement the Convention, we
> also could help level the playing field to the benefit of American
> companies, who already meet high standards under United States domestic
> law. Improved disabilities standards abroad would also afford American
> businesses increased opportunities to export innovative products and
> technologies, stimulating job creation at home.
> Equal access, equal opportunity, and the freedom to make of our lives what
> we will are principles upon which our Nation was founded, and they
> continue to guide our efforts to perfect our Union. Together, we can
> ensure our country is not deprived of the full talents and contributions
> of the approximately 54 million Americans living with disabilities, and we
> will move forward with the work of providing pathways to opportunity to
> all of our people.
> NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of
> America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
> the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim Tuesday, July 26, 2011,
> the Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. I encourage
> Americans across our Nation to celebrate the 21st anniversary of this
> civil rights law and the many contributions of individuals with
> disabilities.
> IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-fifth day of
> July, in the year of our Lord two thousand eleven, and of the Independence
> of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-sixth.
> BARACK OBAMA
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Nfbf-l mailing list
> Nfbf-l at nfbnet.org
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbf-l_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> Nfbf-l:
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbf-l_nfbnet.org/flmom2006%40gmail.com
>
More information about the NFBF-L
mailing list