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Please consider signing this petition from the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund …
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Sign the Petition to PROTECT THE ADA - Tell LACCD to BACK OFF
Dear Community Member,
The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) is trying to GUT THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT AND SECTION 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. LACCD plans to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that our laws only prohibit “intentional” forms of disability discrimination.
In most cases, disability discrimination does not happen because of an intent to harm or exclude people with disabilities. Disability discrimination happens because of how society has been organized and built, and due to thoughtlessness in ensuring that disabled people are included. If LACCD is successful, more than 40 years of hard-fought-for civil rights of people with disabilities will disappear.
The requested ruling in Payan v. LACCD would harm the entire disability community across the country, including blind students who attend LACCD campuses and who face barriers in accessing classroom materials, textbooks, educational platforms, and websites.
Please sign the disability community petition and tell LACCD to BACK OFF our civil rights.
Read more about the Payan v. LACCD litigation.
Deadline to sign: February 4, 2022
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If you are interested disability advocacy issues, contact Colleen Downs, Systems Advocate at:
colleen@ncci-online.com
518-563-9058 Ext. 110
The Mission of the North Country Center for Independence is to help people with disabilities to live more independent and productive lives, and promote better policies and community understanding of disability issues. NCCI serves people with disabilities, families, and the community on issues related to physical and mental disabilities. NCCI is led and staffed mostly by people with disabilities. It is one of the 41 Independent Living Centers in New York State. There are also hundreds of similar centers throughout the United States. NCCI serves Clinton and Essex Counties, New York.