The individual abilities. A former staff attorney with the commission of who was one of the primary authors of the report described his job as statistics, social scientific, the statusntary on of people with a disability in American Society. In conclusion of the report was society has tended to isolate and segregate people with disabilities and to despise so progress, discrimination continues to be a serious and pervasive social problem. As i expect to hear in a few minutes, the council followed with a report that related to the americans with disabilities act in 1990. Before we hear from our speakers, i want to take a point of personal privilege to note how grateful i am to those commissions, congress and president h w bush for the gift that is ava. My brother has sellable palsy and spent my brother has erebralle halsey c palsy. We lived with the discrimination that before 27 years had no records. [indiscernible] celebratee story to why we are as a nation so lucky. A handful of years
That was 27 years ago. It is one of the First Federal civil rights laws focused on protecting persons with disabilities and against discrimination and public accommodations and services and telecommunications. I am especially proud to highlight the commissions role. The disabilities focus and legislation in a 1983 report accommodating the individual abilities. A former staff attorney with the commission was one of the primary authors of the report described his job as to survey the whole field, history, legislation, legal commentary, and Court Decisions on the status of people with a in American Society and the law. The conclusion of the report was that society has tended to isolate and segregate people with disabilities and to despise and despite some progress, discrimination continues to be a serious and pervasive social problem. As i expect to hear in a few minutes, the council followed with a report that ultimately led to the americans with disabilities act in 1990. Before we hear
The congress elected by the American People says. He is instead going to were going to have a vote with the omnibus bill but some of that should be the critical on obama is illegal amnesty. We should consider the constitutionality of his actions. Every senators should be put on record whether he or she believes it is constitutional for a president to disregard federal immigration laws. And a blanket amnesty to millions. Is president believes he can alter a law he disagrees with. There is a form of government where one man or woman can make the laws and change the laws and enforce the law. It is called a monarchy. With the executive power from person were not unfamiliar with anarchy leaf lot bought a bloody revolution to free ourselves from a tyrannical monarchs and the constitution when the framers drafted it and then finds the of mischief of government. The danger refacing here right now is profound as it concerns amnesty and even greater the checks and balances of our government and
For that, i am eternally grateful. He has just come from georgia, the country not the state, where he has been advising on International Disability issues. He will explain about what an extraordinary impact this has had internationally. Lex frieden is a professor of medicine at the university of texas. One of the godfathers of the ada, one of our great teachers. His friends also helped in this. Lex was an amazing teacher. I am going to start with him. He is the first speaker before we go to senator harkin. Thank you. It is a great honor for me to be here today and share with you my memory of the first meeting i had with president bush. It was january, 1986. Three colleagues from the National Council on disability and i had the opportunity to go to the white house and present the Vice President with the recommendations from a report that we had been working on for two years. The report was all about how to make legislation that would improve the quality of life of people with disabiliti
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