December 3, 1998

Greetings,

Today's known as the United Nations International Disabled Persons Day.

Today's when the United Nations recognize our abilities and our
ambitions to become productive contributors to society.

I promised earlier this year full participation in this event but sadly
I wasn't able to do so and the main reason is I'm too involved with my
Deaf center supervising 14 volunteers helping out 11 clients.  At least
the time is being used to support the disability community.   The Deaf
center will soon have it's own domain site Http://www.deafadvocacy.com
up and running on Deaf owned servers.

The staff of my newsletter, Deaf Watch, is deeply saddened to learn that
one of our valued operatives in the midwest has been jailed along with his 
wife yesterday for reasons not relating to our advocacy.   It is a shame 
that society would show such disregard for people who stand in the frontlines 
in this war to make the society a better place for people with disabilities.
Fortunately the operative has been able to make bail and his wife remains in
jail.  We will not be intimidated by these little things that try to work 
against our project that is now a major force in the United States for 
positive and beneficial changes in the lives of people with disabilities.

We still have a lot of work to do.  

We have to start disciplining some disability recreation organizations that 
patronize companies that discriminate against the disabled.  Recent activities
by these organizations undermine our abilities to properly enforce the Americans
with Disabilities Act and do a lot to make us appear weak as a community.  I ask 
you all to join me in this war against indiscipline by supporting The Deaf WAI.

The Deaf WAI -- > Http://www.i-sphere.com/eyedeaf/wai.htm

We also have to press our legislators to amend the Americans with
Disabilities Act to make it better and at least enforceable for people with
disabilities.

Today, everyone should do something in the spirit of helping the disability
community become self sufficient.  Today I will just do that by filing a
complaint with the Department of Justice against Tarbell Realtors for their 
problems with their Deaf realtors and clients.  This is in the spirit of 
ensuring that Deaf homebuyers as well as their Deaf agents are given equal 
and fair treatment as everyone else.

Every small thing someone does today in this spirit does a lot to help us get
closer to the promised land of fairness, equality, and justice.

Richard Roehm
Deaf@activist.com

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