Discriminated against in violation of the ADA? Take this quiz.

If you answer yes to any one or more of these questions ---- I surmise your loved one and yourself have been discriminated against in violation of the ADA

1.    Has your disabled loved one/family member had an equal opportunity to participate in the services programs and activities of the state court system ?

 

2.    Has your disabled loved one/family member had an equal opportunity to benefit from the services programs and activities of the state court system ?

 

3.    Has your disabled loved one/family member received services of the state court system equal to those services provided to others ?

 

4.    Has the state court system, as a public entity, excluded your disabled loved one/family member from equal access to and equal participation in the services programs and activities of the state court system ? 

 

5.    Has the state court system, as a public entity, modified any practice policy or procedure so as to ensure that your disabled loved one/family member is not excluded and has equal access to, and an equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from, the services programs and activities of the state court system ?

 

6.    Has the state court, as a public entity, aided and perpetuated the discrimination of your disabled loved one/family member by providing significant assistance to any agency organization or persons who discriminate against your disabled loved one/family member in the services programs and activities the agency organization or persons provide to your disabled loved one/family member ?

 

7.    Has the state court, as a pubic entity, rendered its facilities inaccessible and unusable to your disabled loved one/family member ?

 

8.    Has the state court, as a public entity, provided any auxiliary aids or services so as to ensure effective communication between your disabled loved one/family member and the public entity, and so as to ensure effective communication equal to the communications of others participating in the services programs and activities of the public entity ? 

 

9.    Has the state court, as a public entity, denied or deprived your disabled loved one/family member (friends, companions and associates included) of your emotional support and informed perspective ?

 

10.    Has the state court, as a public entity, provided its services programs and activities in the most integrated setting appropriate to the needs of your disabled loved one/family member ?

 

11.    Has the state court, as a public entity, resorted to retaliation, coercion, threats, and intimidation to deny, and/or interfered with, your disabled loved one/family member's full attainment and enjoyment of their rights under the ADA ?    

 

12.    Has the state court, as a public entity, provided "Notice" to you and your disabled loved one/family member of the rights granted and protected by the ADA ? 

 

You can ask yourself these same questions with regard to the appointed guardian ----  the services programs and activities of the state court (as a public entity) are separate and distinct from those services programs and activities provided by the guardian ---  the guardian holds an appointed public office (agent of the court) and the "guardianship" is itself a "public entity" which provides guardianship services --- guardians do not provided judicial services ....