China_cat
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Wed Oct-19-05 06:03 AM
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8. The grandfather clauses will never go |
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until you get rid of the exemption in the ADA that allows businesses to ignore it if it will cause them a 'financial hardship'.
Exemptions to the ADA...government buildings, religious buildings and where the necessary changes would cause financial hardship. With no definition of exactly what financial hardship means.
Most government buildings have made the changes even though they aren't required to.
And accessibility is going backwards with no hint of liability. New...NEW...shopping centers here have no accessible doors, or have them in the back of the building next to the loading docks. Aisles, instead of being clear are cluttered to the point of being hard to navigate when you can walk and end caps are so large that you can't turn the corners. I've had to stop going shopping because I can't get my scooter through most places and I hate having my husband push me in the chair. (He goes too fast where I want to look and parks me where I don't)
Add to that people who let their kids jump out in front of you and think it's funny to see if you can stop in time before hitting them. Or tell you that if you can't stand on your own 2 feet you shouldn't be out in public.
btw, since you are in a chair, don't visit Charleston, SC. It's a nightmare for the non-ambulatory.
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