State Bar of Georgia · ADA Access Diary · Day 6 of 25
Shiptenko sent a substantive point-by-point reply to my access concerns. This is the last substantive engagement from Shiptenko for a stretch.
What had to be true
For Shiptenko to answer "no single, designated ADA contact," the Bar had to concede it had no single published contact and was assigning one ad hoc to this matter.
What the Bar said
Shiptenko: "As the ADA Coordinator, my duty is to make sure that the State Bar does not discriminate against you due to your disability," and "I will help ensure that you have the same rights and opportunities as non-disabled grievants." He stated a public entity "can have numerous ADA coordinators," that "Ms. Nash usually handles ADA requests for the grievance process," and that he had spoken with "Ms. Stacey Peace, State ADA Coordinator," and was "analyzing our ADA notices and processes to determine whether and how they can be improved." He offered to route all grievance communication through Nash if desired.
What it cost
My listed concerns are themselves the burden record: I documented that I was receiving "answers from different people, on different days," forcing me to track and reconcile multiple inconsistent institutional channels.
The documents from this day
- I pressed the Bar on the operational questions it kept leaving unanswered
- The Bar’s General Counsel office responded about the May 7 email
Read the full story on the State Bar page. See the record in the document room.