[nfbmi-talk] where is this ada coordinator now?

[joe harcz Comcast]

Ms. Perry was plugged in to cover DHS' backside on disability issues as the old so-called ADA coordinator posted on the web hadn't worked for DHS since 2006. I think she was tagged to handle my complaint alone.

 But just a few months after she was tagged for this position she disappeared from the seen and was a victim of racial discrimination and a corrupted court of appeals.



Now fast forward and blind people are openly discriminated against by DHS in that they still have substantial issues with their facilities, web site, software applications for potential blind employees and no, and I repeat no provisions for remitting information in alternate formats in  a timely manner and without surcharge to  consumers let alone to potential employees. 



So this goes to the "Better Off Working Report" by DHS and ditto goes for other state entities.



Bottom line is if they discriminate against and are not accessible to consumers then they can't be accessible to potential people with substantial disabilities including, of course, those who are blind.

employees. 



And the ever rotating issue of so-called ADA coordinators who wouldn't know the ADA if it bit them on their posteriors is an issue of due process and equal protection through out Michigan State government.

Joe Harcz 



(Attached, sent to me as a Word doc onoe year ago:)

 ADA 

Americans with Disabilities Act 

It is the Policy of the Michigan Department of Human Services that: 

No qualified individual with a disability shall be excluded, by reason of such 

disability, from participation in or be denied the benefits of the services, programs, or activities of the Michigan Department of Human Services; or be subjected to discrimination by the Michigan Department of Human Services. 

The Michigan Department of Human Services shall operate each of its services, programs, and activities so that a service, program, or activity, when viewed in its entirety, is readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities. 

Qualified persons with disabilities who apply to the Michigan Department of Human Services are entitled to reasonable accommodations for each of its services, programs, and activities, upon request. 

To obtain a copy of the Client Reasonable Accommodation Request Form (DHS 4428-A), ask your assigned staff person or contact the ADA coordinator listed below. 

If you believe that you or others have been discriminated against in access to services, programs, and activities administered by the Michigan Department of Human Services, you should complete the ADA complaint form (DHS-866) or contact the ADA Coordinator named below. 

Michigan Department of Human Services 

Crystal Perry 

ADA