[nfbmi-talk] mr ada strikes out again

Wed Aug 4 19:18:04 UTC 2010

Dear Joe, 

    Good to see you on the list again.  It is so discusting to see an
article like this in all of its sincere efforts to bring the good message of
disabled persons when we as blind people know that Cannon is such a phony.
If the public only knew.  We have the true message and we live the
philosophy of blindness tht Cannon talks about every day. Cannon does not.
He is as helpless and hopeless as they come.  The blind of Michigan will one
day bring the message to light and we will have our chance to be equal
despite the damage done by those who are self centered and only out to serve
themselves. 

Dave

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Subject: [nfbmi-talk] mr ada strikes out again

What a load of ****...This guy can't even ensure that state web pages are
fully accessable, or that his own facilities are fully compliant with the
ADA. This would be laughable if it weren't so pathetically fraudelent.

Moreover, he sure has gone a long way in the employment arena too
(sarcastic) as he has fired two qualified blind folks from MCB and replaced
them with lessor qualified sighted people.

Sheesh....

http://www.statenews.com/index.php/m/article/2010/07/us_disabilities_act_20t
h_anniversary_marked

US disabilities act 20th anniversary marked

Published: 07/26 8:44pm

By: Aseel Machi

Kat Petersen / The State News

Ypsilanti resident Bob Jones says, "Thank you," in sign language after
performing magic as The Great Bobini during the anniversary celebration of
the Americans

with Disabilities Act on Monday at the Capitol lawn.

With magic tricks, blues music, free food and speeches from a variety of
Michigan's advocates for disability rights, the 20th anniversary of the
enactment

of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA, was celebrated
Monday on the Capitol steps in Lansing.

The ADA provides disabled citizens with civil protections that provide equal
opportunities in education, communications, transportation and employment.

Part of the ADA's celebration is educating people without disabilities about
those who are disabled, because education is key in eliminating ignorance
about

handicaps, said Duncan Wyeth, an MSU adjunct faculty member who spoke at the
event.

The celebration featured live entertainment, demonstrations of electronics
made for disabled people and various other exhibits.

Advocates for disabled rights, including Wyeth, took the stage and gave
testimonials of their obstacles and successes in dealing with disabilities.

Wyeth was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at birth, which is where he said is
the root of his lifelong advocacy began.

Facing his disability, Wyeth graduated from MSU with a teaching certificate
and now teaches a course at MSU about disabilities in a diverse society.

Wyeth also is executive director of the Michigan Commission on Disability
Concerns, which was one of the leading forces behind organizing the
celebration.

"The more we know as a people, as a society, the more we know in public
policy, the more we know in education facilities like Michigan State, the
more knowledgeable

we are about technology and devices that can allow people with disabilities
to fully participate," he said.

"The more our social laws, our legal laws, reflect inclusion of people with
disabilities, the stronger we are going to be as a society."

Forty-one-year-old Waterford, Mich., resident Ron Molles was at the
celebration with a group of his friends, who all are blind.

Molles became blind last year and said he never had any idea of how
difficult it was to face a disability until he experienced it firsthand in
the workplace.

With assistance from the act, Molles said he feels he has been provided an
equal chance at living as a disabled person.

"I have always been sighted, so I have always been able to find a job,"
Molles said. "Finding a job as a disabled person, that is totally new for
me. That

is why it's great to be here with the act, celebrating that. They really
take an overall approach, you are not given anything, you are expected to
work

well, it's a two-way street."

Patrick Cannon, the state director for the Michigan Commission for the
Blind, spoke of his successes during a speech at the event in advocacy for
the ADA,

an act he said leveled the playing field for those with disabilities.

Cannon, who is legally blind, contributed to the enactment of the ADA and
helped introduce amendments to the act to help guarantee equal rights among
disabled

people.

Disabled people are not searching for free assistance or to be given
preference over other people, Cannon said, they want to be treated fairly
for things,

such as searching for a job or a place to live.

"(The act) means philosophically that you will be judged and evaluated on
the basis of many of your characteristics that (have) nothing to do with
your

disability," Cannon said. "People with disabilities never ask for a gift or
a handout, we have never asked to be given a job we can't do, all we want is

a chance to compete for those jobs on the basis of what we can do."
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