Was signed into law. This landmark piece of legislation is the reason that millions of americans cannot be denied a job simply because they live with a disability. And its also the reasons that americans with disabilities are guaranteed the same basic rights as every other person welcomeded to spaces across our country. From our schools, shopping malls, Public Schools and restaurants. There is no question that over the past 29 years, our nation has broken down many obstacles which used to confront people with disabilities. But the truth is that we still have a long path to travel before we can finally say that americans with disabilities has fully achieved equality and justice. At this moment. More than one out of every five disabled americans live below the poverty line, and as is too often the case, it is people from traditionally marginalized communities, including women and people of color who continue to suffer the most. A painful reminder, the disabled community, like our nation
Good morning everyone. I am president for the american percent your progress im honored to welcome all of you to todays event. As you know this is the 29th anniversary of the day of the ada was signed into law. This led part one landmark piece of legislation that millions of americans cannot be denied a job simply with a disability. It is also the reason they are guaranteed the same basic rights as every other person across the country from schools and shopping malls to Public Schools and restaurants. There is no question that over the past 29 years our nation has broken down many obstacles which used to confront those with disabilities but we still have a long path to travel that american with disabilities have fully achieved quality and justice. This moment one hour at five live below the poverty line and is too often the case and then from marginalized communities including women and people of color who continue to suffer the most. Recent events have a painful reminder the disabled
Currently because of a family matter, hopefully just temporarily retired and however, i am still an officer, and i am first vice chair of the San Francisco Mayors Committee on the employment with persons with disability and i also have a special connection with San Francisco and with your rule 115 program. And in 1981 or 82, i was working for the Human Resources designing and implementing a grant funded special hiring program for people with disabilities and we had gotten a grant from the state Personnel Board to do that and i got a call from my former colleagues at the former at the time, colleagues, at the San Francisco Mayors Committee, and saying that they were having a very, very hard time getting rule 34, passed and getting the attention and getting the consideration of the board of supervisors. They asked me, since i had had the experience, doing it, and a similar program, and then they knew who i was, they asked if i would please come up and go to a subcommittee meeting. The da
Has the pg e. And as far as it being a model as far as replicating for the city level, you know, as far as the way that it incorporated and the way that increased the employment and do you feel that is a good model to go off of . I think that it is a great model to go off of and it is an entry point and you you know the people we talked about the fear that hesitantcy about employing the people with disabilities because a lot of people dont have the experience of working with the people with disabilities it is a great model because the interns get to try the city out and the city gets to try the interns out and thes a win win. The city gets to see folks in the Work Environment before they make that hire and so it is an opportunity to educate the Department Heads to share that knowledge with other Department Heads to come to see the intern that i have and also gives an opportunity for the city to assess the folks that are actually interning who might be applying for that 115, rule, posit
Mar mentioned the alameda county, that they have, and it has been about 9 years since they started terry from the arc has the pg e. And as far as it being a model as far as replicating for the city level, you know, as far as the way that it incorporated and the way that increased the employment and do you feel that is a good model to go off of . I think that it is a great model to go off of and it is an entry point and you you know the people we talked about the fear that hesitantcy about employing the people with disabilities because a lot of people dont have the experience of working with the people with disabilities it is a great model because the interns get to try the city out and the city gets to try the interns out and thes a win win. The city gets to see folks in the Work Environment before they make that hire and so it is an opportunity to educate the Department Heads to share that knowledge with other Department Heads to come to see the intern that i have and also gives an op