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THE DENVER POST 8B Wednesday, September 20, 2000 [image] [image caption] Rick James heads for Washington, D.C., for a national protest to call attention to a legal challenge to the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Denver Post / John Leyba [Headline] Disabled group to join D.C. rally By J. Sebastian Sinisi Denver Post Staff Writer About 30 wheelchair users gathered outside the Atlantis Community independent living center in south Denver on Tuesday morning to cheer members of their group who were leaving by van for Birmingham, Ala. There, they'll join a national dis-abled protest over the Garrett vs. University of Alabama case, now being considered by the U.S. Supreme Court, that they fear could undermine disabled rights. About 1,000 are expected in Birmingham on Friday, said wheel-chair user Joe Ehman, who helped organize the privately funded tour from Denver. Ehman is the housing coordinator for the American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today, or ADAPT, arm of Atlantis. In Birmingham, the eight-member Denver group will shift to a bus for news conferences and rally stops in eight other cities, including Atlanta, Philadelphia and Baltimore. More demonstrators will join the Denverites along the way. The tour ends with a rally expected to bring at least 3,000 to the U.S. Capitol at noon Oct. 3 to draw attention to the Garrett case, which questions the constitutionality of the Americans with Disabilities Act, passed a decade ago. The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Oct. 11. "I'm not looking forward to rid-ing eight hours a day in a van ev-ery day, but everything we've gained under the ADA is now in jeopardy," said Rick Viator, 40, in a wheelchair for five years because of a gunshot wound. "People need to know that our rights are in danger," said Rick James, 50, who was also making the trip. James has used a wheel-chair since childhood. Atlantis-affiliated demonstrators engaged in the first disabled civil disobedience anywhere in the U.S. when they chained their wheelchairs to bus stops at Broadway and Colfax Avenue in 1977 to protest lack of wheelchair access on Denver buses. As a result, Denver was the first city in America to have wheelchair lifts on buses, long before the ADA made such access mandatory nationwide. ADAPT made front-page Denver news last February when members handcuffed themselves to Currigan Hall entryways during a homebuilding industry exposition to protest a dearth of disabled: friendly home construction. That action resulted in 17 arrests. - ADAPT (1273)
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Chief of Staff to the President The White House October 2, 2000 Dear Ms. Toomer: The Clinton Administration shares your commitment to providing increased choice for home and community based services and supports. We have received your policy recommendations and we are reviewing them with Secretary Shalala. As we discussed in today's meeting, the President will convene a meeting with Administration officials, members of ADAPT, and leaders of other disability groups in October. My office will contact you to arrange the date and time of this meeting. I look forward to a discussion of these issues. Sincerely, [signed] John Podesta [typed] John Podesta - ADAPT (1271)
The Washington Times WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2000 /PAGE C3 [Headline] Blockading the GOP Hundreds of disabled people protesting outside the headquarters of the Republican National Committee last night blocked in staffers and prevented partygoers from attending a reception at the adjacent Capitol Hill Club. Some tuxedo-clad partygoers used ladders to climb through second-story windows at the Capitol Hill Club as the protesters chanted, "Don't be stupid." The protest, which started at 4 p.m., eventually forced cancellation of the fund-raiser. The protesters, who used their wheelchairs to block the Capitol Hill building's entrances, said they are angry at Republican presidential nominee George W Bush for his refusal to say whether he would sign a renewal of the 10-year-old Americans With Disabilities Act, signed originally by his father, President George Bush. "We will stay here until he agrees to sign the pledge" to re-new the bill, said Marcie Roth of Maryland. Police blocked off the streets around the RNC headquarters in the 300 block of First Street SE. The protesters began dispersing after police prepared to make arrests by moving buses up to the building. Democratic nominee Al Gore has signed the pledge to renew the ADA, but protesters said they are unhappy with him as well. The Clinton administration has proposed adding money in the budget for nursing homes and institutional care, but not for home-based care, protesters say. Activists would not rule out a future blockade of the Democratic Party headquarters downtown. Sean Scully contributed to this column, which is based in part on wire service reports. - ADAPT (1270)
AARP October 4, 2000 Mr. Bob Kafka ADAPT 201 S. Cherokee Denver, CO 80223 Dear Mr. Kafka: AARP agrees to meet with representatives of ADAPT within the next thirty days as per our discussion today to discuss issues related to aging and disability. The meeting will include Horace B. Deets and other staff with appropriate legislative responsibilities. Sincerely, [signed] John Rother [typed] John Rother Director Legislation and Public Policy - ADAPT (1269)
A14 YNE Wednesday, October 4, 2000 National Report The New York Times [image] [image caption] Affirming their rights: Demonstrators on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington supported the Americans with Disabilities Act yesterday. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments next week on whether states are immune from lawsuits by their public employees for violations of the federal law - ADAPT (1268)
October 5, 2000 Heard on the Hill [Headline] Under Siege. Rep. Tom Davis (Va.) and his fellow House GOP leaders don't just have Democrats storming the gates anymore. By Ed Henry On Tuesday evening, hundreds of protesters with disabilities trapped a rather peeved Davis and scores of his National Republican Congressional Committee staffers in their First Street, SE, headquarters for more than seven hours. Sources tell HOH that House Sergeant-at-Arms Bill Livingood's folks finally had to be called in to help Davis and several others sneak out a back window. The protesters, who are fighting for the constitutionality of the Americans With Disabilities Act, chanted over and over, "You can't get out!" Although the protest threw off some GOP staffers' plans to watch the first presidential debate away from the office, others took it in stride. "I feel like Bernie Shaw," NRCC spokesman Jim Wilkinson cracked to HOH via telephone during the siege. "I'm about to crawl under the bed." Then on Wednesday, GOP vice presidential nominee Dick Cheney was visiting the NRCC when his Secret Service detail freaked out after word spread that the protesters were returning for another round. Cheney escaped before there was trouble. But at press time last night, the protesters were indeed headed back for more. - ADAPT (1267)
[Headline] Disabled rights act defended at rally downtown Supreme Court case challenges constitutionality By DARLA CARTER The Courier-Journal Chanting "Don't tread on the ADA!" about 40 people gathered in the pouring rain in downtown Louisville yesterday to show their support for keep-ing the Americans with Disabilities Act intact. Their rally in front of the Mazzoli Federal Building near Sixth and Chestnut streets took place during a brief stop by the Rolling Freedom Express, a caravan of ADA supporters that began in Alabama and is heading to Washington for a march on Oct. 3. The protesters are concerned about a case before the U.S. Supreme Court that challenges the constitutionality of the ADA, a 10-year-old federal law that provides for various public accommodations for disabled -people and prohibits job dis-crimination against them. The case, University of Alabama vs. Patricia Garrett, was brought by a university employee who was demoted after taking time off for breast-cancer treatment. After oral arguments Oct. 11, the Supreme Court will decide whether the 11th Amendment bars such suits against states in federal court. Advocates for the disabled argue that the ADA is about civil rights, not states' rights, and should be left alone. "It seems like it's being chipped away piece by piece, and we just need to let people know that it's an important piece of legislation and that people with disabilities really need it," said Alan Richardson of the Center for Accessible Living in Louisville, which helped publicize yesterday's event. The center's director, Jan Day, agreed. "Any kind of weakening amendments to the ADA would just be devastating," she said. "I can't think of any other civil-rights legislation where we've gone back into it, saying it was too difficult to impose." Sue Davis, an activist for the disabled who led yesterday's rally, said she worries that the case could set off a flurry of changes in the ADA that could set disabled people back by decades. Furthermore, "it shows we can never really let up putting our shoulder to the wheel," said Davis, of the Kentucky chapter of American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today, known as ADAPT. Yesterday's speakers included disabled residents as well as the city and state ADA coordinators, who voiced the sup-port of Mayor David Arm-strong and Gov. Paul Patton. Sandra Williams, Louisville's ADA coordinator, said the city doesn't want to see any changes in the ADA. And Pamela H. Wallace, the state's ADA coordinator, got the crowd fired up by saying: "There are a lot of efforts afoot to weaken the ADA to do away with it, and we're not going to allow that to happen, are we? We're going to support the ADA and keep our civil rights as American citizens." The crowd remained steady despite weather that Williams joked was lovely for ducks, polar bears, and anything with fur or fins. Rebecca Duncan, an ADAPT member who has cerebral palsy, said that braving such weather is warranted when the topic is "our rights." Duncan, who uses a wheelchair, said that without ADA she'd be institutionalized and left out of society. Instead, she's able to live in an apartment and to get in and out of buildings because of accommodations, such as ramps, that the ADA brought about. "It's very important to keep ADA," she said. Tuesday, September 26, 2000 Neighborhood news B2 Kentucky and the Region B4 Weather B4 Briefs B4 Deaths B6 - ADAPT (1266)
Wednesday, September 27, 2000 The Columbus Dispatch [Headline] SUPREME COURT CASE [Subheading] Disabilities act in danger, advocates say By Malt Ferenchik Dispatch City Hall Reporter Advocates of the Americans with Disabilities Act from Ohio are on their way to Washington, where the U.S. Supreme Court is to hear arguments next month in a case the advocates say could weaken the act. About 100 people chanting "Don't tread on the ADA" rallied at noon yesterday outside the State, house, including a busload of 40 activists traveling to nine cities on their way to Washington Ohio is one of seven states that have filed a "states' rights" brief in support of Alabama in its case against two state employees. In the case, University of Alabama v. Garrett, Alabama is arguing that plaintiffs suing states for money under the 'disabilities act should have to sue in state courts rather than federal courts. The Ohio Statewide Independent Living Council and other groups say the case challenges the constitutionality of the disabilities act. "The Garrett case is a wake-up call that says • the ADA is under attack and could be weakened or, lost," said Kimberly Harper, 30, of Columbus. Harper, who works for Mobile Independent Living, is hearing-impaired and used sign language to deliver her comments. "What's going to come out of this," said Woody Osburn, executive director of the Ohio Statewide Independent Living Council, "is whether the states' rights supersede the ADA." He said advocates worry that if Alabama wins, a private-sector case could come along "that renders the act useless to us." But the Ohio attorney general's office says the [text cut off.] [image] [image caption] Kimberly Harper of Columbus signs her message at a Statehouse rally in support of the Americans with Disabilities Act Activists say a pending Supreme Court case could weaken the law. Neal C. Laurim/Dispatch [text resumes] "This whole case is about proper jurisdiction," said Joe Case, a spokesman for Ohio Attorney General Betty D. Montgomery. "WI not about dismantling or chipping away at the ADA." Montgomery wrote Osburn that the states' brief to the Supreme Court "stresses that the states must still follow every single substantive requirement of the ADA, and it stresses that the. states can still 'be sued by citizens who feel that their state is not doing enough under the law." Osburn said any Supreme Court ruling should not affect the federal consent decree Columbus entered into last year in which it promised to build wheelchair Curb ramps. The cost to the city now stands at $27.8 million, and city attorneys are negotiating with Osburn's group and the Equal Justice Foundation to extend a Jan. 1 deadline to build 10,853 ramps. The question before the Supreme Court is, "Does the 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution [text cuts off] [text resumes] under the Americans with Disabilities Act against nonconsenting, states?" Nonconsenting states are states that are not complying with the ac the 11th Amendment limits federal-court jurisdiction. The other states filing, the brief supporting Altanta are Arkansas, Hawaii, Idaho, Nebraska, Nevada and Tennessee. The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Oct. 11 in the case — actually two cases combined in a lower court. Patricia Garrett sued the University of Alabama's Birmingham medical center for demoting her and then transferring her from her job as a supervisory nurse after she was treated for breast cancer. In the other case, Milton Ash, a corrections officer with asthma, sued Alabama's youth corrections agency for not enforcing no-smoking rules and not servicing state cars that emit noxious fumes. Disability advocates. will hold a March for Justice in Washington on Tuesday. The bus tour [text cuts off]