I KNEW this law would turn into a lawyers dream..
Odd. I never had any trouble traveling on the Alaska State Ferry. I have long believed that as a person who uses a wheelchair(paraplegic) I have to deal with the reality of the world in which I live. Not everything can be fixed to my liking and I certainly do not expect a business to remodel to the tune of millions of dollars in the cruise ships. Or thousands of dollars in the case of small main street businesses which have small profit margin. The ADA, while well intentioned, has become a friggin' gold mine for the legal profession and people wishing to get into a "deep pocket" for their big lottery win.
And it has turned into a weapon with which thowe who are embittered by their personal plight can lash out at others. The biggest fallout of the ADA is the removal of TENS of THOUSANDS of public facilities because somebody in a wheelchair doesn't have "full access" to the mountain bike trail or can't get to the picnic table at the top of the hill (never mind that there are 79 other picnic tables that they can get to.)