[nfbmi-talk] more on cadillac place suit

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Ok another article on the Bernstein suit against the State and Cadillac Place. Note his reference here to state services including the Michigan Commission for the Blind which held one of its hearings in this very building two days after this suit was filed!

 

Yet, all VR facilities including those used for public hearings were to have met the program access requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 by no later than January 26, 1992!

 

I rest my case that this entire state has been violating the ADA systemically for people with sensory and physical disabilities even those like the Michigan Commission for the Blind and Michigan Rehabilitation Services which are funded under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (with 504 protections by the way) who are supposed to serve the very people they are discriminating against en masse!

 

And this is not the only facility or program in this state that violates our collective and individual rights daily!

 

Joe Harcz

 

 

 

 

Richard Bernstein Cadillac Place Lacks Accessibility For Handicapped

 

July 12, 2012 1:48 PM

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Reporting

Vickie Thomas

T (WWJ) - A local attorney is filing a federal lawsuit Thursday against the state of Michigan over what he says is the lack of accessibility for the

handicapped at a landmark building in Detroit.

 

Attorney Richard Bernstein is suing the State and Federal Court on behalf of Jill Babcock, who has multiple sclerosis and is confined to a wheelchair. 

A nationally known tax lawyer, Babcock works for the Michigan Economic Development Corporation inside of Cadillac Place.

 

 

Bernstein said the building is not fully accessible for the handicapped.

 

“Here you have the seat of state government for southeastern Michigan that a disabled person can’t even get through the front door,” said Bernstein.  “So

let’s look at what you have in this building. You have the highest most scrutiny because, number one, it’s state government.

 

“You have the governor’s office, the attorney general’s office, [and] the Secretary of State’s office.  You even have, which is my favorite, the Commission

on People with Disabilities, the Commission for the Blind.”

 

Bernstein said the building is not safe for a person confined to a wheelchair, either.

 

“You have a door that’s marked ADA compliant, so people with disabilities will start using that door but what happens is it’s dangerous,” said Bernstein.

 “What will take place is you go down it so steep that you become like a missile and it launches you into traffic and into the oncoming street.”

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