Hi

Here's the second half -- 

We have prepared a draft submission for the US Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in response to their request for public comments; see https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/04/25/2023-08464/nondiscrimination-on-the-basis-of-disability-updates-to-huds-section-504-regulations.

This is an ideal opportunity for us to change the conversation by including EMS disabilities in HUD’s definition of disability, and in listing areas for accommodation. This has been a team effort with Susie Molloy, Sharon Behn, Eva B. and Nancy VanDover.  I’ve also borrowed language from our prior submission to NEJAC and a submission to NYS last year.

We need to know if you’d like to sign onto this submission.  Apologies for the fire drill, but we need to know by 3pm today.  The submission is due today.  (We’ve been working on this since Friday.)  This is a draft and will be finalized tomorrow.  Since the file is too big, I'm sending it in two separate emails.

If you’d like to co-sign, please include:

• Your name
• Indicate if you are EMS Disabled, if you’d like
• Your organization’s name (if applicable)
• City and State

Many thanks,

Odette