I was part of writing of the original legislation in mid to late 1980’s. Much of the original legislation was aimed at mobility issues and the focus was much more narrow than the broad current laws which has been added to and bastardized by politicians.
As an example, the handicapped parking laws were originally intended for those of us that use wheelchairs full time, but over time the gray panthers screamed loud enough that many changes were made in all states that allowed virtually anyone to use HP. Now, most LE find the law so hard to enforce that no one does so. In fact, I hear from very reliable sources that Walmart forbids local LE from issuing citations in the parking lots.
The ADA, like HP, is a mere shadow of its original content.
Understood, but “mission creep” is how homo sapiens rolls—and dedicated leftists understand that if they can just get the camel’s nose under the tent they can eventually destroy the tent.
That is why the first instance of the “good idea” has to be stopped—even when it seems like a good idea.