The ADA has created far more issues than it solved. Even at that there has to be practical limitations grandfathered in. For example you can't make a 100 year old structure such as a school or courthouse meet ADA standards.
At the same time the ADA should also be written so families in difficult situations have legal say. Let me give you a quick example of what I'm saying. Suppose you are given an antidepressant to help stop smoking. Suppose due to an adverse reaction to that medication your behavior becomes severly pyschotic. Do you not believe your spouse should be able to sign for your treatement the same as if you were unconscious from an accident? The same hospital in a state that allows you to sign surgery consent forms for spouse will by law deny you any say in mental health treatment of a spouse or your adult offspring.
Interesting. Yes, we’ve clearly gone overboard on some mental health ‘rights’. I could see where not all family involvements would be benign, and so it is a sticky wicket, however.
And the idea that employers should be forced to hire and pay for accommodations to hire the disabled is offensive to me. That could be a great basis for charity, or failing that, maybe the government. But it is completely unfair to force individual employers to foot that bill.