ADA MATTERS BECAUSE PEOPLE MATTER

A DISABLED DAD’S ADA MATTERS
Georgia on My Mind
STATE BAR OF GEORGIA • CITY OF BROOKHAVEN • GIRMA, GMA, AND GALLAGHER BASSETT

ADA Accommodations Granted. ADA Accommodations Taken Away.

ADA Accommodations Granted. ADA Accommodations Taken Away.

The Bar put accommodations in writing, and then, also in writing, took the ground out from under each one.

Granted, in writing
  • Written communication May 4
  • Accessible electronic formats May 4
  • “Approved your accommodation request” May 13
  • An ADA contact engaged on the matter May 4
Taken away, undermined, or turned into a barrier
  • The law behind the accommodations, denied twice: “not a public entity” May 12 and “not subject to Title II” May 29
  • The recipients, stripped from replies again and again, forcing a man with hand dysfunction to rebuild the distribution list by hand May 12
  • The correspondence itself, shut down May 15
  • My role on my own matter, narrowed to “accommodation requests only” June 2
  • The contact, out of office at escalation points, the matter routed elsewhere June 2
  • The offered accommodation, the voice-to-text software I had already paid thousands for June 17
  • The accessible route in, the same flagged form re-sent, CAPTCHA and all May 26
An accommodation you cannot rely on is not an accommodation. It is a coupon.

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