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.
An acquaintance of mine had a co-worker at MCI who he said had been through substance-abuse treatment three times and could not be gotten rid of due to the ADA. They finally managed to fire him when he stole another co-worker's purse.
The problem, of course, is that private businesses are directly accountable while governments are not. If a business has a bad attitude and refuses to accommodate its customers, customers will go elsewhere and word of mouth will probably sink them if they're mean enough and make enough people mad. And a business will fire a bad actor who makes its customers unhappy.
But nobody ever fires a government employee, and meanness and refusal to accommodate customers is SOP (just look at the #(*&)&*^! Post Office! I hate dealing with them and avoid them whenever I can.) No consequences, no improvement.
A friend of mine, now deceased, worked for the feds for years. He was never promoted beyond a certain level, and his bosses were quite frank with him that it was because he was a polio victim and walked with crutches and braces. THAT's where the ADA would have really come in handy.
In Florida, you could have your ballot sent to you at home & mail it in - or call your Party headquaters & they will pick it up and deliver it for you..
Not sure about jury duty. I have not had to serve for the last few years.
The gubmint routinely exempts itself from laws that us mere plebeians must follow. That is one reason we need a new revolution in this country. Break out the tar n feathers!