How would you like to wait 36 years or 53 years to get a checkup or x-ray?
Do you think the government should be able to terminate your life if you become “defective” from injury/illness?
What if your hospital insisted on speaking to you in a language other than your spoken one?
General Paxton is promoting these kinds of problems for people with disabilities with his lawsuit Texas v. Kennedy (formerly Texas v. Becerra).
He says the Health and Human Services rules for Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 are unconstitutional. Medical facilities and social services have been given a 53-year pass on doing what everyone else had to do years ago. Places that get federal financial dollars should provide access and not discriminate.
Make no mistake, this is just the beginning of a campaign to strip people with disabilities of their hard-won rights to equal treatment, being equally valued and having access to society.
Tell Paxton to withdraw from this lawsuit. Don’t let him take us back to the bad old days.
People with Disabilities fought for integration for decades. We won our integration mandate through the 1999 Olmstead Decision, when the U.S. Supreme Court stated that people with disabilities have the right to live in the most integrated setting.
This is why we must demand that General Paxton take Texas off the lawsuit, Texas v. Kennedy.
Please Join Us on Tuesday, May 19th.
If you want to March: Meet to the left of the Price Daniel Sr. State Office Bldg.,
209 W. 14th Street. Just behind the LEAD ON! drop off location
Date and Time: Tuesday, May 19th at Noon
Please bring a sign about 504 and what it means to you
Press Conference: 1PM at 300 W. 15th Street, Austin, TX 78701
Call or write AG Paxton: 800-252-8011 or PO Box 12548 Austin, TX 78711-2548
If you have any questions, you can contact: Cathy Cranston at flacacata@aol.com or
Ron Cranston at ronniebonners@aol.com
CALL A.G. PAXTON
TELL HIM TO DROP TEXAS FROM
“TEXAS V KENNEDY” LAWSUIT
1.800.252.8011
512.463.2100
512.463.2007