, our very same jim whipple, who works here with us at the mayor's office on disability. and our work was staffing the department of building inspection disabled access division and our task was to enforce the architectual provisions and it's years later and with a few titles and promotions in between, but at the end of the day, i owe my job and my career and my new passion to the americans with disabilities act. >> thank you, carla. ? >> hi. i would like to first thank the council for sharing their stories today. and i just want to say that co-chair supanich's story really touched me and i felt it on a personal-level, as a fellow person with a non-visible disability. i want to thank you all for giving me the opportunity to share my story today. i wrote just a brief statement about my feelings about this topic. so first off, the ada has given me an opportunity to live in a country where i know that i have the legal protections as a person with a disability. even if it is a non-visible disability. and i'm even protected when people don't believe that i have a disability, a