Rachel Maddow- please do a segment on HR620, a threat to the ADA
Dear Rachel, First of all, I want to thank you for your allyship to the disability community. When ADAPT protesters took center stage in your show last summer over Medicaid cuts, many people with disabilities, myself included, felt that this was a huge game changer and turning point for disability advocacy. For the first time in my memory, MY community, people who look like ME, were seen front and center fighting for their basic human rights, and hailed as badass heroes as opposed to "people to be pitied." I ask you to once again feature my community, as we face a major threat to the Americans with Disabilities Act. HR620, the "ADA Education and Reform Act", would be a step back for Civil Rights in this country. Its main premise: if someone has a complaint of an ADA violation, they must wait 6 months before they can pursue legal action, to give the business in question time to be "notified" of the ADA. Delays may be extended further if the busines