legislative issues
PROTECTING CRITICAL PROGRAMS FOR THE BLIND
UPDATING COLORADO CIVIL RIGHTS STATUTES TO
PROTECT THE BLIND AND OTHERS
disabilities from filing complaints.
6) It provides actual restitution and triple damages against anyone who harms an assistance animal like a guide dog for the blind. Assistance animals can be very expensive due to training and other costs. This provision allow an individual whose service animal is harmed to recover these costs as well as damages for the trauma of being without a needed assistance animal.
7) It creates consistency with federal anti-discrimination laws by adding a section to the statute that includes state agencies which are not currently covered by state law.

For further information contact:
Scott C. LaBarre, President
National Federation of the Blind of Colorado
Phone: 303 504-5979
Fax: 303 757-3640
Email: slabarre@nfbco.org
COLORADO CENTER FOR THE BLIND AND NFB SCHOLARSHIPS
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