Guest guest Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 Please see below. My friend Ellen is a specialist in this area, and says there is NO WAY the Boys & Girls Clubs are within their rights. As a parent, you can first contact the regional center, the national center, my friend Ellen (email me for her contact info), and she even recommended letting the Club’s sponsors know about their ‘behavior’. From: Ellen Montanari [mailto:emontanari@...] Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 7:05 AM Kristy Nardini Subject: Re: FW: Boys & Girls Club Importance: High Re this legal thing: Here are some ideas: 1. Do they get ANY support from the school district or from the feds? If so, they cannot discriminate (under Section 504). 2. And then there's the ADA. See this webiste: http://www.ada.gov/childq <http://www.ada.gov/childq & a.htm> & a.htm They definitely fall under the ADA. Especially see the first question in this Q & A. 3. If you look at the Boys and Girls Club website, here is their Mission Statement: Our Mission is the Movement's Reason for Being To enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens. A Boys & Girls Club Provides A safe place to learn and grow... Ongoing relationships with caring, adult professionals... Life-enhancing programs and character development experiences... Hope and opportunity. Note the mention of " ALL children. " 4. Also, they have a long list of " partners " (that means major donors) who would be VERY unhappy to hear about this. See the list at http://www.bgca.org/partners/ I'd certainly contact the main number for the Boys and Girls Club: National Headquarters 1275 Peachtree Street NE Atlanta, GA 30309-3506 Phone: (404) 487-5700 or the West Coast regional office: Pacific Service Center 4201 Long Beach Boulevard Suite 101 Long Beach, CA 90807 Phone: (562) 981-8855 They live for issues like this. Ellen Child Care Law Center 221 Pine St., 3rd Floor San Francisco, California 94104 telephone: (415) 394-7144 fax: (415) 394-7140 email: info@... Information & Referral Line: (415) 394-7144 Anyone with a legal question or question about laws relating to child care may call our Information and Referral Line at (415) 394-7144 between 12 and 3 p.m. Pacific Time on Mondays and Thursdays to speak with a staff attorney or a law student working under the supervision of an attorney. Hope this helps! Ellen Kristy Nardini wrote: Hi Ellen, How are you guys doing? Is this legal? Kristy From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Adam Reno Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 8:47 PM Cc: Robyn & Greg Coggins Subject: Re: Boys & Girls Club But private groups CAN discriminate. Of course this has gotten out of hand. We are one step from thinking that Adolph Hitler really was right - Just think how Blacks, Gays and Jews were treated in the past - Now it is OK to mistreat those with disabilities and autism. Alice ---- Robyn & Greg Coggins <rngcoggs@... <mailto:rngcoggs%40sbcglobal.net> > wrote: > That sounds like discrimination to me! > > Adam Reno <lucysky@... <mailto:lucysky%40charter.net> > wrote: 8 years ago a youth director at a YMCA tried to boot my son out of all the classes that he was enrolled in.He was also refusing to give me my money back. I had to talk to someone higher up to get my refund. Every time that I talked to him - he would lead me down to the front desk and make me fill out the form again. I switched to another branch - and he was soon fired anyway. > It really angers me that our children are supposed to live in such a narrow world - The logic usually is that the caretakers aren't supposed to have to deal with anyone who is different. They need specially trained teachers only and they will not provide them. > alice > > ---- Peggy Cabrera <pegcabrera@... <mailto:pegcabrera%40> > wrote: > > > > Hello everyone....I have a quick question, does anyone on this list have a child that attends the Boys & Girls club after school? My son currently goes there after school and has been for the last 4yrs and just yesterday I was told that they aren't suppose to let children with Autism or disabilites attend to their after school program. I was so pissed!! Anyways, any feedback will be greatly appreciated! (: > > > > Peggy > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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