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Clifford
Payne Vice
President, Technical
Assistance Services |
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CLIFF PAYNE RECEIVED TRCIL’s 1997 Leonard C. Staisey Memorial Award
for his significant contribution to promoting the rights of people with
disabilities, influencing societal attitudes and increasing public awareness
of the independent living movement. On a daily basis, as VP, Technical
Assistance Services, for Accessibility Development Associates, Inc., he helps
business, government and other entities in their efforts to comply with the
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
His duties include detailed audits of buildings to determine
compliance and non-compliance, recommendations to correct non-compliance
areas and interactions to correct non-compliance areas and interaction with
clients. He also provides disability
awareness/etiquette training. |
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Payne, personally, is a diligent
advocate on disability issues. He
writes intelligently-composed letters challenging such things as NBC
correspondent John Stossel’s attack on the ADA and the Post-Gazette’s opinion
piece attacking the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Frequently his responses are published,
giving them broad public exposure.
Always they demand media accountability in the reporting of disability
issues. Payne notes that advocacy takes many
forms - ranging from the direct action of public protests and civil
disobedience to his quieter approach of systems change. But he maintains that all types of advocacy
are essential to the advancement of the disability rights movement.
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