The ADA is Under Attack – Tell the Kansas Legislature to Back Off and Protect Disability Rights!
Hello, Kansas Advocates,
I wanted to share this with everyone because, currently these, Kansas bills, HB 2423 and SB 258, attack the ADA by dramatically limiting the ability of Kansans with disabilities to protect and enforce their rights under the ADA.
To read the full article, it is list below the Link:
This affects all Kansans with disabilities, including us, the blind community.
Use the Link below, to read & add your name to protest this action and say NO, to limiting our rights.
https://drckansas.salsalabs.org/ada/index.html…
From the Disability Rights, Center (DRC) of Kansas; KS- HB 2423 and SB 258 attack the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by dramatically limiting the ability of Kansans with disabilities to protect and enforce their rights under the ADA.
These bills say that a Kansan who brings an ADA claim in court can then be sued by the business violating the ADA! Under this bill, the business violating the ADA can sue to make the disabled person (who is typically on a fixed income) pay the business’ attorney fees and monetary damages! Even if the disabled person wins their accessibility lawsuit, they may still have to pay the business’ lawyers.
That’s outrageous!
The ADA is both fair and balanced. Leaders like former U.S. Senators Bob Dole (Republican – Kansas) and Tom Harkin (Democrat – Iowa) made certain of that. Now lobbyists in Topeka want to undo the balance struck in the ADA. They want to punish disabled people who are forced to use the courts to make businesses accessible.
When a business violates the ADA and the person with a disability wins the case, they get no money or damages. What the disabled get is an order from a judge to make it so disabled people can shop at the business. People with disabilities are on fixed incomes, so when they use their very limited money to hire an attorney and they win an ADA case, of course they should be able to obtain attorney’s fees to reimburse their expenses. However, attorney’s fees are never guaranteed.
The bills in the Kansas Legislature are unfair to Kansas disabled people who are just trying to get an accessibility problem fixed. These dangerous bills victimize people with disabilities, as the disabled Kansas may now have to pay attorney’s fees and damages to the same business denying their rights under the ADA.
Tell your Kansas Legislators to oppose HB2423 and SB258 and to protect the ADA.
TAKE ACTION NOW!
