[Nfbk] FW: Gov. Beshear celebrates 25 years of the ADA

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Subject: FW: Gov. Beshear celebrates 25 years of the ADA

 

Below is the press release about the Governor's signing of the proclamation
concerning the 25th Anniversary of the ADA.  Attached is a photo of the
Governor's signing of the proclamation.

 

Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet



 


NEWS RELEASE

 


Contact:  Jason Jones (859) 552-3012


                 JasonP.Jones at ky.gov

 

Attached photograph cutline -  Representatives from the disabilities
community accept a proclamation from Governor Steve Beshear commemorating
the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). (Back row
left to right) Kentucky Office for the Blind Administrator Cora McNabb,
Kentucky Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR) Executive Director Buddy
Hoskinson, Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet Deputy
Secretary Beth Brinly, Gov. Beshear, OVR Director of Program Services Jane
Smith, Kentucky's first ADA State Coordinator Sharon Fields, and current ADA
State Coordinator Jennifer Hicks. (Front) OVR Director of Community
Relations and Kentucky Congress on Spinal Cord Injury (KCSCI) President
Jason Jones, University of Kentucky Professor and KCSCI Vice-President Sasha
Rabchevsky and Statewide Council for OVR Chair Joe Cowan.

 

Gov. Beshear celebrates 25 years of the ADA

 

FRANKFORT, Ky. (July 29, 2015) - Governor Steve Beshear signed a
proclamation recognizing the 25th anniversary of the Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA) Monday, July 27, at the capital in Frankfort. The
landmark act was signed into law by President George H. W. Bush on July 26,
1990. 

 

Roughly 874,000 Kentuckians are living with some type of disability and are
benefitting from equal access provided under the ADA. The Kentucky Office of
Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR), the Kentucky Office for the Blind, the
State Independent Living Centers, the state Americans with Disabilities
Office, the Kentucky Congress on Spinal Cord Injury and countless other
offices and groups that work daily with people with disabilities joined the
Governor in applauding the scope and importance of the ADA.

 

Gov. Beshear states in the proclamation "the ADA has expanded opportunities
for Americans with disabilities by reducing barriers and changing
perceptions, and increasing full participation in community life for the
past 25 years." 

 

OVR, an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet's
Department of Workforce Investment, assists Kentuckians with disabilities to
achieve gainful employment and independence. For more information about
services, call the office toll free at (800) 372-7172 or visit
http://kentuckycareercenter.ky.gov/OVR/Default.aspx. 

 

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