[nfbmi-talk] access to public hearings etc

[joe harcz Comcast]

July 8 2012 ADA 504 Etc. Request

 

Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.

1365 E. Mt. Morris Rd.

Mt. Morris Rd.

Mt. Morris, MI

 

To:

 

Patrick D. cannon

Former Director Michigan Commission for the blind

Michael Zimmer Current dictator Michigan commission for the blind

Via e-mail

 

Mr. Cannon and Mr. Zimmer,

 

I am writing you both today to request all documents related to basic ADA and section 504 (Rehab Act) compliance with the requirements to:

 

1. Make all facilities used by the current Commission for the Blind fully compliant with the program access, new construction and alteration requirements of both the ADA, Title II and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

2. Ditto for all requirements to make the facilities used for upcoming public hearings relative to the State Plan fully accessible in accordance with the above mentioned laws and the Americans with disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines.

3. Ditto for meeting affirmatively all requirements for notice including in “appropriate modes of communications” the public hearings denoted and to begin with tomorrow, also all affirmative provisions required to effectively communicate with the blind, deaf and blind/before  at such meetings including of course again notices. ((Re: Tyler v. Manhattan, re: Title II, ADA, effective communications, re: “auxiliary aids and services provisions of Section 504).

 

These public hearings are invalid on their face as they violate fundamentals of the aforementioned laws and the constitutional guarantees that they are based upon.

Send me, a blind person all of these things in accessible format (re: do it as a simple word document which my screen reader can read prior to aforementioned meetings.)

 

Sincerely,

 

Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.

 

Cc: NFB MI

Cc: OCR, Ed.

Cc: DOJ

Cc: several attorneys at law

Cc: RSA

Cc: MRC

Cc: MCB Commissioners

Cc: MCBVI

Cc: several media outlets