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10/6/98, 8:16 pm
Memphis cancels the ADA Transition Plan Public Hearing Citizens with disabilities denied participation in planning accessibility
With less than a week before the meeting, Sara Hall, the Assistant City Attorney canceled the planned Oct. 8 public hearing on the strategy to bring Memphis into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Memphis was to have a transition plan in January 1992 that identified barriers to people with disabilities and provided a schedule to correct the barriers in programs, policies and physical access.
The City of Memphis must:
Also just in...
A request from a leading civil rights attorney asking for our help to improve medical care.
Subject: Medical discrimination
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1998 15:04:06 -0400
From: Stephen F. Gold
Dear Adapt friends,
I have a favor to ask. I am trying to determine the extent of and examples of "medical discrimination" because the person has a disability (e.g., dentist says they will not treat person with cp, borderline surgery done because person has disability, not providing pt/ot because 'condition is permanent,' etc) -- NOT physicial assisted suicide, not removal of feeding tubes -- but much more the routine, mundane examples. Please briefly state the examples of this discrimination. Thanks a lot. See you in DC. Steve Gold
The Memphis Center for Independent Living
1633 Madison Avenue,
Memphis, TN 38104
(901) 726-6404 v/tty (901) 726-6521 fax
mcil@mcil.org
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