----- Original Message -----
From: "Frederick A. Shotz" <fshotz@...>
To: "ADA Laws" <ADA-Laws@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 10:47 AM
Subject: [ADA-Laws] Tears Across America


> Dear List Subscribers;
>
> The loss of Justin Dart has saddened the leaders and members of the
> disability rights movement across the country. No single person has been
as
> important to the obtaining of our civil rights than Justin Dart. Everyone
> who was present at the signing of the ADA will never forget Justin with
his
> trademark hat sitting next to President George H.W. Bush as he signed the
> ADA into law. Along with his wife Yoshiko Justin was the inspiration, the
> moral force, the creative force, and the face of the struggle for civil
> rights of the community of people with disabilities.
>
> On the day of Justin's death we all should recommit ourselves to the
> fulfillment of his dream. Justin dreamed of the day when people with
> disabilities would no longer be faced with barriers to our equality in
> America. He spent years of his life to give us a law that protects our
> rights and to try and educate our society to the moral imperative of
> equality for people with disabilities. Through our continued and renewed
> efforts to enforce the ADA, to increase the protections of the rights of
> people with disabilities, to beat back the attack on our rights by the
U.S.
> Supreme Court with legislation to restore what they have taken away, we
can
> give the respect to Justin that he earned through is years of selfless
> commitment to our civil rights.
>
> I ask each of you to spend a minute of silence just thinking about Justin
> and his efforts on our behalf. Send a thought to Yoshiko who needs and
> deserves all of our thoughts and care. An then commit yourself to joining
> Justin in his mission of improving the quality of life for people with
> disabilities through enforcement of the law he worked so hard to give to
us.
>
> In memory of Justin I sign this as he would have.
>
> I love you all.
>
> Fred Shotz
>
>
>
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