Category Archives: Americans With Disabilities Act

Disability Issues Questionnaire For Judicial Candidates

DISABILITY ISSUES QUESTIONNAIRE FOR JUDICIAL CANDIDATES – – Compiled by a volunteer caucus of Citizens with Disabilities We have attempted to ask questions that would not cause a judicial candidate to engage in inappropriate political activity as defined by Canons … Continue reading

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Disability Issues Questionnaire For Candidates

Disability Issues Questionnaire For Candidates – Compiled by a volunteer caucus of Citizens with Disabilities Voting 1. How will you ensure that people with disabilities and all other Americans have free and unobstructed voting rights including access to the secret … Continue reading

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Statement To General Investigating and Ethics Committee Of The Texas House of Representatives Hearing Oct. 25, 2018

Dear Chair and Members of the Committee, There are actions this Committee and the Texas Legislature can and must take to insure that hundreds of thousands of elderly, disabled, and low income Texans such as myself get the fair shake … Continue reading

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Failures Of Medicaid Privately Managed Health Care Corporations In Texas and Of The Texas Health and Human Services Commission To Provide Adequate Care and Disability Services – Official Testimony April 23, 2018

April 23, 2018 To the Texas House of Representatives Human Services Committee Representative Richard P. Raymond Chair Texas State Capitol 1100 Congress Ave. Austin, Texas 78701 Sent via email to Committee Staff: Citizen Statement submitted via ADA Accommodation For Hearing … Continue reading

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My Public Comment To The National Council On Disability February 23, 2017

Dear Members of the National Council On Disability, The thoughts and comments I share with you go to all of the topics of concern addressed by this NCD meeting in that I believe no disability issues can be addressed effectively … Continue reading

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My Public Comment To The National Council On Disability Quarterly Meeting July 28, 2016

To the members of the National Council On Disability, The connections between disability and poverty can be seen in people with disabilities in various ways such as in the limitations of equal economic opportunity to those born with disabilities and … Continue reading

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Criminalizing People With Disabilities: The Ugly Face Of Anti-Civil Rights Legislation In The USA

The ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017, H.R. 620,  was first introduced by Republican Texas Congressman Ted Poe several years ago and opponents of disability civil rights have kept it kicking around in the halls on Congress since then.  … Continue reading

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