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Yes, the ADA includes LP's. A summary of the ADA is located at:

http://janweb.icdi.wvu.edu/kinder/overview.htm

And I copied part of the ADA summary that pertains to your situation:

" The ADA's protection applies primarily, but not exclusively, to " disabled "

individuals. An individual is " disabled " if he or she meets at least any one

of the following tests:

He or she has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one

or more of his/her major life activities; He or she has a record of such an

impairment

He or she is regarded as having such an impairment. Other individuals who are

protected in certain circumstances include 1) those, such as parents, who

have an association with an individual known to have a disability, and 2)

those who are coerced or subjected to retaliation for assisting people with

disabilities in asserting their rights under the ADA. " Hope this helps.

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I have had the same sorts of obstacles in our school. I am now dealing with

the head of the Sp. Ed. services at the district office.

The principal lost his job partly due to this situation. They never had any

sort of follow through with her IEP, and due to their negligence, her

hearing aids were broken beyond repair, and they will have to be replaced to

the tune of $4300.!

We are seriously thinking about a lawsuit, and I have documented all their

foul ups since the beginning of the school year.

Good Luck~

Patty

ADA

> Can anyone site the specific statutes of the ADA that apply to dwarfism?

> As soem of you know we have been screwing around with our daughters school

> and are trying to institute an ADA audit at her school. The final straws

> were the school not LOWERING Her desk until April (jsut before school was

> out) and the principla had noidea why...AND that the school " declassified

"

> her as disabled because she can now reach the drinking fountain (if she

> stands on her tip toes). In the meantime they decide she was shyper

becasue

> she stood at her desk a lot to do her work, put her in speech therapy

> without notifying us (claimed that was a misunderstandign but they based

the

> decision on a previous ACR....Midn you, at the beginning of this past

school

> year I was todl by her teacher she was doign so good she didnt NEED

anotehr

> IEP...and it was after this she was placed in speech (which she didnt

need.)

>

> We have contacted the first chain of command within the ystem who has told

us

> the principal CANT be culpable becasue she didnt knwo about it. Teh next

> person isnt too fond of me anyway....SO can anyone advise me what tod o

now?

> I tried to play nice but they didnt want to....so now Im feeling like the

> proverbial banty hen ready to protect her chicks....Thanks

>

>

> apryl

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There are several places within the ADA that will hold up for dwarfism. My

copy of the document is nearly 2 inches thick, so you have to get down to

specifics. One thing is for sure " Dwarfism " is covered, and under the ADA

it isn't what you'd call curable.

It's also very hard to get anyone real knowledgeable of the ADA to help

folks yet. I know Oregon has a Disabilities Commission because I've served

on it in the past.

Go to the Library and see if they have a copy of the ADA law. Remember

though, it isn't just a few pages. Get yourself acquainted with it and find

the avenues your daughter fits into.

Judi - past member Oregon ADA Commission

At 01:25 PM 7/19/00 -0700, Grant & Patty Bowers wrote:

>I have had the same sorts of obstacles in our school. I am now dealing with

>the head of the Sp. Ed. services at the district office.

>The principal lost his job partly due to this situation. They never had any

>sort of follow through with her IEP, and due to their negligence, her

>hearing aids were broken beyond repair, and they will have to be replaced to

>the tune of $4300.!

>We are seriously thinking about a lawsuit, and I have documented all their

>foul ups since the beginning of the school year.

>Good Luck~

>Patty

> ADA

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>

>> Can anyone site the specific statutes of the ADA that apply to dwarfism?

>> As soem of you know we have been screwing around with our daughters school

>> and are trying to institute an ADA audit at her school. The final straws

>> were the school not LOWERING Her desk until April (jsut before school was

>> out) and the principla had noidea why...AND that the school " declassified

> "

>> her as disabled because she can now reach the drinking fountain (if she

>> stands on her tip toes). In the meantime they decide she was shyper

>becasue

>> she stood at her desk a lot to do her work, put her in speech therapy

>> without notifying us (claimed that was a misunderstandign but they based

>the

>> decision on a previous ACR....Midn you, at the beginning of this past

>school

>> year I was todl by her teacher she was doign so good she didnt NEED

>anotehr

>> IEP...and it was after this she was placed in speech (which she didnt

>need.)

>>

>> We have contacted the first chain of command within the ystem who has told

>us

>> the principal CANT be culpable becasue she didnt knwo about it. Teh next

>> person isnt too fond of me anyway....SO can anyone advise me what tod o

>now?

>> I tried to play nice but they didnt want to....so now Im feeling like the

>> proverbial banty hen ready to protect her chicks....Thanks

>>

>>

>> apryl

>>

>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------

>> Best friends, most artistic, class clown Find 'em here:

>> 1/7078/11/_/77518/_/964018026/

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Dr. Freeman,

i see nothing in the ada that states it is limited to businesses with

a certain number of employees. see below #6 re: office of a health

care provider. perhaps you are thinking of the number of employees

needed in order for an employer to provide parental leave ? remember

however that i am not nor do i pretend to be a lawyer so everyone

should seek their own legal counsel on this issue.

My intent of bringing this forth was only to add to the 'interpreter'

issue brought up by Dr. Kinne. All of these things are worth

consideration and i think that the reason many of these things had to

be made law is for the very fact that many people have been and still

continue to be treated poorly by the inconsiderate.

Is this chaos as Dr. Bertrand suggests ? Perhaps, given everything

that the practicing doctor has to contend with but chaos or not some

things we still have to deal with because it is the right, if not the

legal, thing to do for those in need.

vty, sharron fuchs dc

ADA

Place of public accommodation means a facility, operated by a private

entity, whose operations affect commerce and fall within at least one

of the following categories --

(1) An inn, hotel, motel, or other place of lodging, except for an

establishment located within a building that contains not more than

five rooms for rent or hire and that is actually occupied by the

proprietor of the establishment as the residence of the proprietor;

(2) A restaurant, bar, or other establishment serving food or drink;

(3) A motion picture house, theater, concert hall, stadium, or other

place of exhibition or entertainment;

(4) An auditorium, convention center, lecture hall, or other place of

public gathering;

(5) A bakery, grocery store, clothing store, hardware store, shopping

center, or other sales or rental establishment;

(6) A laundromat, dry-cleaner, bank, barber shop, beauty shop, travel

service, shoe repair service, funeral parlor, gas station, office of

an accountant or lawyer, pharmacy, insurance office, professional

office of a health care provider, hospital, or other service

establishment;

(7) A terminal, depot, or other station used forspecified public

transportation;

(8) A museum, library, gallery, or other place of public display or

collection;

(9) A park, zoo, amusement park, or other place of recreation;

(10) A nursery, elementary, secondary, undergraduate, or postgraduate

private school, or other place of education;

(11) A day care center, senior citizen center, homeless shelter, food

bank, adoption agency, or other social service center establishment;

and

(12) A gymnasium, health spa, bowling alley, golf course, or other

place of exercise or recreation.

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Dr. Freeman,

i see nothing in the ada that states it is limited to businesses with

a certain number of employees. see below #6 re: office of a health

care provider. perhaps you are thinking of the number of employees

needed in order for an employer to provide parental leave ? remember

however that i am not nor do i pretend to be a lawyer so everyone

should seek their own legal counsel on this issue.

My intent of bringing this forth was only to add to the 'interpreter'

issue brought up by Dr. Kinne. All of these things are worth

consideration and i think that the reason many of these things had to

be made law is for the very fact that many people have been and still

continue to be treated poorly by the inconsiderate.

Is this chaos as Dr. Bertrand suggests ? Perhaps, given everything

that the practicing doctor has to contend with but chaos or not some

things we still have to deal with because it is the right, if not the

legal, thing to do for those in need.

vty, sharron fuchs dc

ADA

Place of public accommodation means a facility, operated by a private

entity, whose operations affect commerce and fall within at least one

of the following categories --

(1) An inn, hotel, motel, or other place of lodging, except for an

establishment located within a building that contains not more than

five rooms for rent or hire and that is actually occupied by the

proprietor of the establishment as the residence of the proprietor;

(2) A restaurant, bar, or other establishment serving food or drink;

(3) A motion picture house, theater, concert hall, stadium, or other

place of exhibition or entertainment;

(4) An auditorium, convention center, lecture hall, or other place of

public gathering;

(5) A bakery, grocery store, clothing store, hardware store, shopping

center, or other sales or rental establishment;

(6) A laundromat, dry-cleaner, bank, barber shop, beauty shop, travel

service, shoe repair service, funeral parlor, gas station, office of

an accountant or lawyer, pharmacy, insurance office, professional

office of a health care provider, hospital, or other service

establishment;

(7) A terminal, depot, or other station used forspecified public

transportation;

(8) A museum, library, gallery, or other place of public display or

collection;

(9) A park, zoo, amusement park, or other place of recreation;

(10) A nursery, elementary, secondary, undergraduate, or postgraduate

private school, or other place of education;

(11) A day care center, senior citizen center, homeless shelter, food

bank, adoption agency, or other social service center establishment;

and

(12) A gymnasium, health spa, bowling alley, golf course, or other

place of exercise or recreation.

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Marge,

Considering the lack of information that would have

been able to support my stance on the issue (that the

ADA should be only used for people with permanent

disabilities), I got the OK from my English teacher to

change my topic to separation of church and state in

relation to public schools, since there's A LOT more

information about that topic than the misuse of the

ADA.

If you can help on that (My thesis is " The Pledge of

Allegiance should be allowed to be recited in public

schools because it does not violate the clause of

separation of church and state. " ), I also would be

appreciative.

Thanks for your help,

__________________________________________________

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Anyone can submit comments on the draft ADA regulations, especially

regarding equipment used in

places that are supposed to be accessible to the disabled

(including us).

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Hello All,

I made an appointment just now...

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For Distribution:

Topic – Possibility of revising the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Regulations to address accessibility for the disabled to wireless technology

and services.

Take Action - Call 1-800-514-0301 to register to make oral comment at the

United States Department of Justice (DOJ) ADA Hearing on January 10, 2011.

Call as soon as possible as they encourage you to call 5 days in advance

whether you intend to comment in person or by phone. Comment yourself and

forward this information to folks you know with Implanted Medical Devices or

who experience hypersensitivity to electromagnetic fields.

ALTERNATIVE:

Take Action - Submit written comment to the United States Department of

Justice (DOJ) by January 24, 2011. Submit comment yourself or forward this

information to folks you know with Implanted Medical Devices or who

experience hypersensitivity to electromagnetic fields.

TAKE ACTION

Tell the DOJ in CRT Docket No. 110 (also RIN 1190-AA61) - related to web

access - or in CRT Docket No. 113 (also RIN 1190-AA64) - related to

equipment and furniture - how increasing wireless electromagnetic radiation

has made and will make it more difficult for you to work, access services of

State and Local Governments, and/or public accommodations by causing a

disabling functional impairment for you or by rendering treatments for your

disability ineffective due to electromagnetic interference.

The DOJ Dockets address hearing, speech and vision disabilities. Your

input is needed so that the DOJ includes the functional impairment brought

on by environmental exposure to wireless devices in this proceeding.

WHY?

Unless we educate our government about the disabling functional

impairment wireless communication can cause for those with radiofrequency

sickness and medical implants, it may assume that making all libraries,

public buildings, public spaces, shopping malls, hotels, motels,

transportation services, etc., wireless will help all disabled Americans.

The Disability Rights section of the DOJ is updating its rules for the ADA.

It is studying how to help people who are disabled gain access to Web

information, and to Services of State and Local Government Entities, and

Public Accommodations that use wireless technology. It seeks input on how

its rules on equipment and furniture need to be updated to improve

accessibility for the disabled. See *** below for points to include.

HOW?

Call 1-800-514-0301 to register to comment orally at the United States

Department of Justice (DOJ) ADA Hearing on January 10, 2011.

Each speaker is allotted five minutes. You will be phoned ahead of your

appointed time by DOJ staff.

Additional information about the public hearing can be found at

http://www.ada.gov/anprm2010/anprm_nov-jan_2010.htm

The hearing is being held January 10, 2011,

from 9:30 am to 4:00 pm, PST,

at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis,

55 Fourth Street, San Francisco, CA 94103

Please support your oral comment with a written comment which can be

submitted as follows:

Submit comments, identified by RIN 1190-AA61 (or Docket ID No. 110) and

RIN

1190-AA64 (or Docket ID No. 113), by any one of the following methods:

Electronic: Link to the original docket related to websites and

accessibility. Federal eRulemaking Web site: www.regulations.gov. Follow

the Web site's instructions for submitting comments. Direct link:

http://www.regulations.gov/search/Regs/home.html#submitComment?R=0900006480b20b1\

a

Regular US Mail:

Disability Rights Section

Civil Rights Division

US Department of Justice

PO Box 2885

Fairfax, VA 22031-0885

Overnight, courier, or hand delivery:

Disability Rights Section

Civil Rights Division

US Department of Justice

1425 New York Avenue, NW

Suite 4039

Washington, DC 20005.

DEADLINE: Postmarked or filed electronically by January 24, 2011.

***Enough comments submitted on the topic of radiofrequency sickness as

discussed below could have very positive results. Please read and

participate.

While access to the internet has tremendous potential value for people

with disabilities, the Department of Justice needs to recognize that

wireless technology emitting microwave radiation in workplaces, public

buildings, places of public accommodation (government buildings, hospitals,

doctor's offices, schools, airports, airplanes, buses, trains, restaurants,

shopping malls, museums, etc), transportation, and other areas of American

life is seriously limiting the ability of a growing segment of the American

population to participate in civil society and community life.

The DOJ Dockets address hearing, speech and vision disabilities. Your

input is needed so that the DOJ includes the functional impairment brought

on by environmental exposure to wireless devices in this proceeding.

The microwave radiation from wireless technology causes serious

functional impairment to many whose symptoms have been characterized under

the name radiofrequency sickness. The symptoms can range from discomfort to

life-threatening depending on the exposure and the individual involved.

Please see “Provocation Study using Heart Rate Variability Shows Radiation

from 2.4 GHz Cordless Phone Affects Autonomic Nervous System” (Eur. J.

Oncol. Library, vol. 5) at

http://electromagnetichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Havas_HRV_Ramazzini1\

..pdfto

read about how potentially serious the effects can be on the heart.

The ADA Dockets ask a number of questions related specifically to

different aspects of website and physical accessibility. At the end of the

Docket 110 - related to internet access – is the question: " Are there

additional issues or information not addressed by the Department's questions

that are important for the Department to consider?” Please provide as much

detail as possible in your response. "

Docket 113 relates to furniture and equipment. WiFi deployed in a

building, wireless inventory systems or communications systems, etc., would

all constitute problematic furniture and equipment.

Please submit your testimony under both dockets.

Below are some points to consider and incorporate in your comments.

Please be sure to personalize your comment with examples from your

experience. You do not need to worry about providing a comprehensive summary

of the science. The EMR Policy Institute will cover that in its comment.

Points:

DOJ should issue a supplemental NPRM (Notice of Proposed Rule Making) to

explicitly address radiofrequency sickness and related

environmentally-induced functional impairments. Accommodations for

disabilities in hearing, speech and vision do not address all disability

issues for emerging electronic technologies.

Radiofrequency Sickness, a functional impairment which is caused by

exposure to transmitted radiofrequency radiation and electrical pollution,

needs to be clearly addressed by the DOJ in the rules governing Title I,

Title II and Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

ADA rules need to explicitly reflect the very serious nature of

radiofrequency sickness and require that workplaces, public places and

places of public accommodation provide internet access on wires or fiber

optic cables only. (List examples of places you are excluded from due to

your environmentally-induced functional impairment.)

ADA rules also need to explicitly require utility companies to exempt

persons with radiofrequency sickness from installation of transmitting

utility meters at their homes and neighboring homes. Persons with relatives

with radiofrequency sickness should be able to request this accommodation as

well so that sufferers is able to visit and are not excluded from family

life due to transmitting meters.

Additional actions the DOJ should consider:

The preemption of state and local authority over emissions from Personal

Wireless Services Facilities found in Section 704 of the 1996

Telecommunications Act is an unreasonable restriction of the right to free

speech and to redress of grievances and should be repealed.

Persons with radiofrequency sickness need an entity where they can file

complaints and that can and will take action on their behalf. Thus far, the

Consumer Product Safety Commission, FDA, and FCC have refused to fulfill

these roles.

Radiofrequency radiation exposures increase risk of disease among the

whole population and in the natural world. True safety regulations need to

be enacted to protect the health of the public (including babies, children,

pregnant women, the ill, persons with Implanted Medical Devices) and the

environment during real-life daily exposures experienced from multiple

real-life sources of wireless technology and electrically-polluting devices

(see www.electricalpollution.com for more information). The EPA's efforts

to do this were halted in the 1990s. It time for the EPA to complete this

work. Under the current inadequate guidelines the number of people who are

succumbing to radiofrequency sickness is rising daily.

There should be a nationwide moratorium on additional antennas and

additional wireless devices until true safety regulations are in place.

Please try to make as many of these points as possible in the context of

your personal experience. It is essential that a significant number of

people file comments. We need numbers or we will be ignored so please pass

this on to other affected individuals. The Department of Justice does have a

history of listening where other agencies have not. Do help us and help

yourself by filing a comment.

If you are concerned about having personally-identifying information

posted on the internet, please read the instructions in the dockets below

for instructions on how to avoid that when filing your comment.

http://www.regulations.gov/search/Regs/home.html#documentDetail?R=0900006480b20b\

1aLink

to the DOJ docket related to websites and accessibility.

http://www.regulations.gov/search/Regs/home.html#documentDetail?R=0900006480b20b\

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Link to the DOJ docket related to furniture and equipment.

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Hi all...

The good news from here in Maine is the PUC ruled to open an

investigation into the technical and economic feasibility of allowing smart

meter opt-outs. They are going to in vestigate whether central Maine Power's

position on not allowing opt-outs is " unreasonable " (duh ;) )

It was really good news, because CMP had wanted them to toss out our

complaint. The other piece of good news was that the PUC acknowledged the

studies on BOTH sides of the RF issue, and the uncertainty, even though

Commissioners said they were not taking up the health issue, just the choice

issue.

So moving forward, clearly CMP will bring out its hired guns to show why

opt-outs would throw the entire system in to disarray, render it inoperable,

and would jeapordize the entire federal grant from the Department of Energy,

etc...

So... does anyone know of any experts who could say otherwise? Who could

show how opt-outs are reasonable and feasible both economically and

technically?

Thank you so much!

And thanks for all your good energy... it really helped us today!

<contact@...> Jan 04 06:01PM -0700

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Wow!!! Fantastic !! The choice issue os the way to go!! That is what

we are doing with cell phones and also should be what we do with cell

towers. There is no freedom of choice whatsoever. In the paper I recently

sent out in the legal section, this could be a constitutional infringement

on our rights if they take away our right to choose. You should call

Sage and see if she has anything she can offer regarding the info you need.

I will also make a call to an attorney I know. Very awesome.

Some more awesome news...we have been making calls today to get people to

co-sponsor the warning label in Oregon...I think it's a done deal on the

Health Committee, where the bill will most likely be heard. We may have the

majority we need to get it out of committee!!! I will know for sure very

soon, but it looks like we have as either sponsors or co-sponsor, the

majority of the committee!!! That is one hurdle...now we just need the

majority of the senate and then the house...(uy givolt!!) ;) LOL it's only

43 votes total...It is do-able. I am probably going to Oregon next week to

help lobby.

I will let you know what the attorney says. Awesome work !!!

xo, Liz

--- Please discard old link to paper...had to re-post with some typo

corrections...

Dearest Peeps,

Please delete the last email I sent you and use this one for the link

to the Non-Thermal paper!! It had some typos which and a few

others were kind enough to send me notes on. I made the corrections

and have re-posted the paper, so the old link won't work but this new

one will.

http://www.americanassociationforcellphonesafety.org/uploads/Non_Thermal_Pap

er_10-10_AAA.pdf

I am utterly thrilled with the response the paper has received thus

far...4 new people wanting to bring the legislation to their local

council or state and it's only one day after Christmas!!! I look

forward to working with anyone of you's out there who would like to

bring a warning label bill to your city, county or state. I also look

forward to continuing our work at the federal level very soon and to

boning up on my own " how to fight a cell tower " skills. I have

recently been bombarded with some " new and improved " infrastructure

and am writing you this email swathed in shielding!!! The radiation

has gotten awfully dense where I am living. I think I may have to

move. Don't mean to bum you out on Christmas. I am having a jolly

time besides being irradiated. LOL But seriously, I have brought this

bill to my local LA County Board of Supervisors and may be in touch

with some of you about how to get some o these antennas out of here!!!

I hope you all are having a Wonderful holiday. To our success on this

issue in 2011 and to all of you who work so tirelessly to make change

on this incredibly difficult situation. I know how hard it is...but

we will ultimately prevail.

Lots of love, Liz=

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Music Director/Conductor Triangle Youth Ballet

Former Principal Horn, North Carolina Symphony (1992-2007)

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ADA

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) is a law that was enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1990. It was signed into law on July 26, 1990, by President H. W. Bush, and later amended with changes effective January 1, 2009.

The ADA is a wide-ranging civil rights law that prohibits, under certain circumstances, discrimination based on disability. It affords similar protections against discrimination to Americans with disabilities as the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which made discrimination based on race, religion, sex, national origin, and other characteristics illegal. Disability is defined by the ADA as "a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity." The determination of whether any particular condition is considered a disability is made on a case by case basis. Certain specific conditions are excluded as disabilities, such as current substance abuse and visual impairment which is correctable by prescription lenses.

On September 25, 2008, President W. Bush signed into law the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA). This was intended to give broader protections for disabled workers and "turn back the clock" on court rulings which Congress deemed too restrictive. The ADAAA includes a list of "major life activities".

1 Titles of the ADA

1.1 Title I - Employment

1.2 Title II - Public Entities (and public transportation)

1.3 Title III - Public Accommodations (and Commercial Facilities)

1.4 Title IV - Telecommunications

1.5 Title V - Miscellaneous Provisions

2 Major life activities

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