United African-Asian Abilities Club: 2016

Tuesday, 15 November 2016

Mentoring Children

The UAAAC is teaching kids every Sunday. The funds that company earns are use to provide community programs for people with disabilities and their families, and low income children.

Mentoring Children

Monday, 14 November 2016

GOOD NEWS: Patron With Low Vision Sued McDonald's And Burger King

In New York a patron with low vision sued McDonald's and Burger King for not providing a large print menu.

The law requires that restaurants provide effective communication by giving auxiliary aids and related services to patrons with low vision. Auxiliary aids include qualified readers, sound devices and large print. The patron must request an effective communication method and the restaurant can decide which method to give. So the restaurant can read the menu and bill. Alternatively, staff can play a sound recording of the menu and bill. Lastly, the staff can give a large print menu and bill. If one of these methods is offered then the patron cannot file a lawsuit.

Effective communication cases depend on witness testimony. So the patron should have a witness and record the communication exchange. In court restaurant staff will always say they offered an effective communication method.

The fast food patron won the lawsuit on appeal.

The Open Letter To Mr. Trump From The UAAAC

United African-Asian Abilities Club

November 14, 2016

Donald J. Trump

21 5th Avenue

Manhattan, NY 10022

Dear Mr. Trump:

It is well documented that Whites with disabilities receive better public and private services than Blacks and Asians with disabilities. See Blackness and Disability by Christopher M. Bell. There is no political discourse in the Presidential Race about the plight of Blacks and Asians with disabilities.

Our Club requests a response to the following questions:

1. How will You encourage the independent living rights of Blacks and Asians with disabilities?

2. How will You safeguard the rights of Blacks and Asians with developmental disabilities?

3. How will You make sure all Black and Asians kids with disabilities are educated in the least restrictive environment?

4. How will You make sure the air, bus, rail, shuttle and taxi rights of Blacks and Asians with disabilities are protected?

5. How will You reduce the 60 percent or higher unemployment rate of Blacks and Asians with disabilities?

6. Will You reduce the private enforcement rights of the Americans with Disabilities Act?

7. How will You make health care and housing better for Blacks and Asians with disabilities are protected?

Thank you for your attention to Blacks and Asians with disabilities.

Respectfully yours,

Jack Pinnock, UAAAC Vice President

Thursday, 10 November 2016

Water Video Created By UAAAC

The UAAAC donates time and resources to improve our world. This video was produced by United African Asian Abilities Club. The Club is composed of people with disabilities and their families. Each week the Club provides education to children from the poor area of the Philippines. The children call themselves the Carmona Young Explorers. The lyrics for the video written by Theodore Arthur Pinnock. The music for the video written by David Singletary. The video was edited by Sharon Riguer. Mr. Pinnock, Mr. Singletary and Ms. Riguer all have a disability. The video was sung by Carmona Young Explorers. The video was filmed by Aileen Dearoz and Shiena Montalban. The water clip in the video was provide by Pond5.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEeox2aMpbQ&feature=youtu.be

Saturday, 20 August 2016

Lack of services and support

Disability services are specialist services targeted at people with disabilities, and their families, friends and carers. They can be distinguished from services that are available to the general public, which may or may not be accessible to people with disabilities (also known as ‘mainstream’, ‘generic’ or ‘universal’ services).

Disability services are intended to provide people with disabilities with the assistance they need to participate fully in daily and community life. More than half of the submissions received during the consultation process (56 per cent) said aspects of disability services and programs acted as a barrier to rather than a facilitator of their participation. The disability service system was characterised as irretrievably broken and broke, chronically underfunded and under-resourced, crisis driven, struggling against a vast tide of unmet need. As a result many felt more time was spent rationing services than delivering them.

Friday, 19 August 2016

‘Can’t get there, can’t get in, can’t get it’—negotiating the built environment’

The impact of people on the environment is an issue currently being given considerable attention. But the impact of the built environment on people is something many rarely consider. For many people with disabilities the built environment acts as a powerful barrier to their full inclusion in the community. It affects their day-to-day functioning in ways few others can appreciate. The inability of people with disabilities to access the facilities that everyone else in the community takes for granted—cafes, public buildings, swimming pools, libraries, sporting facilities and movie theatres—limits their independence and compromises their quality of life. More than 27 per cent of respondents said that lack of access to the environment acts as a barrier to their full participation in the life of the community.

It is hard for people without a disability to imagine the difficulties many people with disabilities encounter as they move around the community. Organising to meet a group of friends for dinner only to discover the restaurant is inaccessible. Being unable to attend a child’s end-of-year ballet concert because the venue has no access. Not being able to go to the movies because there are no screens with technology to assist people with a hearing impairment. Playgrounds that contain accessible equipment but that are routinely locked and can only be accessed with a key.

And, as a number of submissions noted, accessibility issues rarely end at the front door. Once inside, many people with disabilities encounter further barriers such as a lack of accessible bathrooms or lifts without Braille signage. Uneven surfaces, reflective surfaces, narrow doorways, and a lack of clear signage all affect the ability of people with disabilities to successfully negotiate the interiors of many buildings. As these submissions highlighted, there appear to be multiple barriers to change, including a lack of understanding and awareness in the community about access issues and a lack of comprehension of both the economic and social benefits of implementing universal design principles. Many submissions noted that as the Australian population ages the need for accessible buildings, facilities and spaces will only increase. Yet people in the community still tend to regard accessibility as someone else’s problem.

Tuesday, 23 February 2016

Access Yes Award

The UAAAC desires to recognize businesses that voluntarily comply with the access laws without a lawsuit or government involvement. It is very important for businesses to voluntarily comply with the laws. The UAAAC believes that there are many businesses that quietly comply with the laws but receive no recognition. Therefore, the UAAAC created the Access Yes Award to recognize businesses that are making a good faith effort to be accessible to all.

On February 23, 2016, the following businesses received the Access Yes Award:

Cafe Rio Mexican Grill

1140 Irvine Blvd, Tustin, CA 92780

Farrell's Ice Cream ParlourRestaurant

8650 Beach Blvd, Buena Park, CA 90620

Zov's Bistro Tustin

7440 E 17th St, Tustin, CA 92780

Coco's Bakery Restaurant

1100 W Katella Ave, Anaheim, CA 92802

Chick-fil-A

Gridley Rd, Cerritos, CA 90703

Specialty's Cafe & Bakery