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June, 2007
Dear Reader:
Once again,
we hope that you will enjoy reading our latest newsletter and that you would
like to join us in our mission, our goal and our achievements. (THERE
IS NO FEE REQUIRED.) also, please let us
remind you that our membership is open to both the able-bodied as well as to
the disabled.
If you would
like to become one among our growing list of members, please either fill out, SIGN and return the attached form to us or, preferably, you may fill out the form online by
logging on to our website at www.adaaccessnow.org and going to
the “Membership” link. (The latter method makes it much easier and quicker for
us to enter you into our database and is therefore particularly helpful.)
IF YOU ARE ALREADY A
MEMBER, PLEASE SHARE THE ENCLOSED MEMBERSHIP FORM WITH SOMEONE WHOM YOU
KNOW!!! THANK YOU!
We are very
proud of the strides we have made and we hope that we can count on you as one
of our members and, in an abundance of optimism, we thank you in advance!
Most sincerely,
Access Now, Inc.®
Phyllis F. Resnick, President
NEWSLETTER
UPDATE – JUNE, 2007
FROM PHYLLIS F. RESNICK, PRESIDENT
HELLO, AGAIN, EVERYBODY!!!!!
Well, another 6 months have passed since our last newsletter and much continues
to happen in the world of “Access Now”®. We have had several Class Action Fairness
Hearings, a trial and many Settlements.
It has been an active, interesting, challenging, sometimes aggravating,
but mostly gratifying time! Some things are happening in the overall
A.D.A. (Americans with Disabilities Act) world as well; more about all of the
above later in this newsletter.
We would like to point out to those of you who are receiving this
newsletter for the first time that,
sadly, many entities continue to fail to comply with the A.D.A., despite the
fact that the law was enacted in 1990.
As we have said before, we continue to press on with cases against a
variety of entities. On a continuing
basis, virtually daily, we receive complaints from disabled persons who are
routinely being denied their rights under this civil rights law. There is no such thing as a “large” or
“small” case, only a large or small entity and we take pride in the fact that
we do not limit our efforts to either category.
The resolution of high profile cases of legal “first impression”, as
well as of those involving neighborhood businesses have a great impact on the
daily lives of the disabled among us (although we want to make clear that it is
not our aim to put anyone out of business.)
WE WOULD LIKE TO
BEGIN WITH THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE FROM A MEMBER THAT WE BELIEVE SHOWS THAT THE
“ACCESS NOW”® WAY OF APPROACHING
LITIGATION IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE:
From:
Edward Zwilling
Sent:
Saturday, October 28, 2006 12:35 PM
To:
Gregory Schwartz
Subject:
Re: Ed in the newspaper
They
quote me — I spoke with the reporter on Thursday after the
(Note from the editors of this Newsletter: Jim Terry is one of the leading
AND NOW, THE UPDATE:
Membership – We now
have 972 members representing 47 states and
We would be quite remiss if we failed to mention the enormous
contributions of our computer consultants, Gregory Arkin and Alain Ginzberg,
without whom we would not be able to function!
I want to thank my assistant,
Finally, you may have heard that we have received our Florida
and our U.S. trademark registrations for Access Now®. Attorney
A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUR LITIGATION:
Since
our December Newsletter, Access Now® has made progress in settling
cases in several states. We have filed a
total of 964 cases since our inception. Presently, there are 136 cases with outstanding
Settlement Agreements, requiring alterations or modifications which in several
cases should be completed by July 1, 2007, or later. (Cases involving hospitals and other large or
complex facilities have post-settlement compliance completion dates much
further in the future.)
During the past six
months, Access Now® has entered into 31 additional settlements
to make properties A.D.A.-compliant. They
include:
Hospitals 28
Government 1
Sport Venues 1
Stores 1
Access Now® continues to assert itself
nationally in scope. The 10 states in
which cases have been settled range from the South and the mid-Atlantic to the
We will keep expanding our
geographical presence as best we can as we continue to receive requests for
information and assistance from around the country and internationally. Please notify us if you become aware of
situations where access continues to be denied.
We remain solidly in the forefront of the fight for accessibility.
The following is a brief listing of the cases that
have been settled since our last newsletter:
Government
Florida Department of
Transportation,
Hospitals
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Additionally,
a settlement hearing was held on June 13th in the
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