[karnage]

I think the ADA is BS.

[mom4melody]

I used to think so too....until I had to drag my grandmothers wheel-chair up two levels (steps) to get into her Optometrists’ office. I am 5’1 and small and she was 5’10 and large and it was no easy task.

[El Sordo]

It’s worse than BS.

It slammed a lot of doors shut for the employment of anyone with a disability.

Myself included.

The ADA is a below the belt hit to anyone with a disability looking for work.

[DJ MacWoW]

I think it should depend on the size of the establishment. I can understand things such as malls and stores but not small places.

[SJSAMPLE]

Otherwise known as the “Full Lawyer Employment Act”.

[TChris]

I think the ADA is BS.

Agreed.

It's just another signpost along the Fascist road upon which our country has been descending.

[KSCITYBOY]

Imagine how much money has been spent making every facility accessible to the disabled. Has to be billions. I worked at an plant that spent a lot of money on ADA facilities and in the eight years I worked there they were never used.

[DFG]

I have used a wheelchair for the last 4 years and do not drive anymore. I use paratransit 5 days per week to go to/from work. The paratransit part of our bus system did not exist before the ADA was passed. Many big city buses and trains have also been made wheelchair accessible thanks to the ADA. So I am very thankful for that part of the ADA as I and a lot of other people with mobility issues would not be working without reliable transportation.

I have worked in IT for 20 years. I was still walking unassisted and driving when I started working for my current employer 10 years ago. Then I used a cane for a few years followed by crutches and then a wheelchair. My employer has been very supportive and I have never felt discriminated against in any way.

The 2 biggest problems with the ADA are that it defines “disability” too broadly and government exempts itself from it too much. Substance abuse is sometimes called a “disability” which is wrong. The ADA should be only for people with real handicaps.

I have found that government buildings are the least accessible. If the government expects the private sector to abide by their laws, they need to follow it too. The biggest instances of discrimination I remember most are with voting locations and jury duty. On the other hand, businesses use usually very accomodating. I could not vote in the voting location 2 different times because it was not accessible. On jury duty in just a municipal case, the attorney asked the judge to exclude me because I could not be seated with the rest of the jury. I am a college-educated native-born American that happens to use a wheelchair. I am entitled to have access to voting locations and sit on a jury.

[goat granny]

The ADA is another Bush legacy...Bush 1 this time...