[NFBF-Tampa] Fwd: [Nfbf-l] Your help is needed

Tue Aug 29 21:13:33 UTC 2017

Greetings all,
I hope you all are doing well, and are staying dry. Earlier today I sent out in immediate action item, and hope that you will either join me tomorrow or call in and ask the congresswoman to withdraw this bill. Please read the below email and find some changes to what I had sent out previously. I apologize for any inconvenience and let me know if you have any questions.

-- 
Miranda b. Kilby
Ph: (352)942-0417

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Merry Schoch via Nfbf-l <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
> Date: August 29, 2017 at 3:42:25 PM EDT
> To: "'NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List'" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Merry Schoch <merrys at verizon.net>
> Subject: [Nfbf-l] Your help is needed
> Reply-To: NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
> 
> Members of the National Federation of the Blind of Florida: We need you!!
> 
> 
> 
> What is happening?...
> 
> 
> 
> Legislative action needed! H.R. 3571, the "Reasonable ADA Compliance Act of
> 2017" is a bill introduced and sponsored by Congresswoman Kathy Castor of
> Florida Congressional District 14. Currently there are no co-sponsors and we
> need your help to encourage Representative Castor 
> 
> to withdraw this bill.  To read the bill go to:
> https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3571/text
> 
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> If passed, this legislation will dramatically weaken the ADA, hindering
> education, employment, and community participation for all people with
> disabilities. The bill prevents people with disabilities from filing a
> lawsuit regarding an ADA violation until the person first notifies the
> violator. The violator has 120 days to remedy the problem. If the violator
> does not remedy the problem during the 120 days, the violator has the right
> to request from the court an extension for an additional 30 days to correct
> the issue, totaling 150 days. This is only 30 days less than H.R. 620 (the
> previous bill written to weaken the ADA).
> 
> Does it make sense to wait 150 days for accessible instructional material?
> By then, the class will be over. 
> 
> 
> 
> How about waiting 150 days at the doctor's office for an accessible check in
> kiosk? 
> 
> 
> 
> How about waiting 150 days to be able to enter a cab, Uber, Lyft,
> restaurant, or hotel due to the use of a service animal?
> 
> 
> 
> Businesses do not need more time to comply with the ADA they have had
> twenty-seven years already. 
> 
> 
> 
> What can you do to help? 
> 
> Please call Congresswoman Kathy Castor urging her to withdraw H.R. 3571, the
> "Reasonable ADA Compliance Act of 2017". 
> 
> 
> 
> Please find her contact information below.
> 
> Members of the Tampa Bay chapter will stop in tomorrow, Wednesday, at
> approximately 10:00 a.m. If you can call  on Wednesday that would be great.
> If not, Representative Castor will be at her local office until Friday,
> September 1st.  
> 
> Tampa Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
> 
> Phone: (813) 871-2817
> 
> Fax: (813) 871-2864
> 
> 4144 N. Armenia Ave., Suite 300, Tampa, FL 33607
> 
> 
> 
> Representative Castor will be back in Washington D.C. on September 5th if
> you cannot call before this Friday.
> 
> Washington D. C. Office Hours: 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
> 
> Phone: (202) 225-3376
> 
> Fax: (202) 225-5652
> 
> 2052 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515
> 
> 
> 
> Talking points for speaking with the Congresswoman or one of her staff:
> 
> * The act weakens the ADA;
> 
> * Under this act students with disabilities will not have remedies to
> receive accessible instructional materials to complete a course while
> students without a disability will have completed the course; 
> 
> * There will be no remedies for individuals who have been denied access due
> to the use of a service animal into a public accommodation where the general
> public is welcomed.  
> 
> 
> 
> Members and friends if you are not comfortable talking on the telephone
> instructions for emailing is below:
> 
> To email:
> 
> Go to:   http://castor.house.gov/
> 
> Go to the "Contact" link and within this link is a form to fill out.  Under
> the subject line you will find a list of categories, if you hit the letter
> "c" until you are at "Civil Rights" - then choose Civil Rights.
> 
> You will find a message box to send your message.  Here is an example of a
> message that you may want to send:
> 
> 
> 
> Dear Representative Castor:
> 
> 
> 
> I am requesting the withdrawal of H.R. 3571, the "Reasonable ADA Compliance
> Act of 2017. This act will harm the blind and other persons with
> disabilities. Under this act students with disabilities will not have
> remedies to receive accessible instructional materials to complete a course
> until the course is over. A blind person who needs to check into a doctor's
> appointment using a kiosk will not be able to do so and will have to wait up
> to 150 days until this problem is remedied. 
> 
> 
> 
> The Americans with Disabilities Act has been a part of law to provide equity
> for blind or otherwise disabled individuals since 1990 - 27 years. I believe
> this is ample time for businesses to become align with accessibility.  If
> accessibility is a part of the beginning of construction it is affordable
> and easy to implement.  
> 
> 
> 
> I would greatly appreciate the withdrawal of this bill that will only
> separate and create inequality for individuals with disabilities.
> 
> 
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Your name
> 
> 
> 
> Thank you all for participating in this legislative action! We cannot do
> anything without you!
> 
> 
> 
> In Federation love, hope, and determination,
> 
> Merry C. Schoch
> 
> 
> 
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