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Herbert Herbert (![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} lcsbanana) wrote in ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/community.gif){kind=small} otf_wank, |
WARNING: SRS BUSINESS AHEAD, smack me afterwards...
There is no fucking reason for the ADA to be enforceable only by lawsuits. It's insane and ridiculous and blatantly contemptuous of the entire *idea* of state-mandated accessibility for the disabled. Oh, sure, we'll pass an Act for you! And as long as you have enormous amounts of money and free time you can totally spend years trying to get someone to abide by it! Unless it's an *old* building, of course, in which case you're fucked. Because old buildings are historically important, and you are not important at all.
I just can't even--*deal* with how incredibly backwards American disability law is, and most people have no clue, and would rather believe that disabled people are just entitled jerks for wanting to leave the house now and then. I mean, what possible *civilized* reason is there for NOT having accessibility laws that you can report people for breaking like any other building code? Especially when disabled people are even less likely than the average person to have the wherewithal for a drawn-out lawsuit at their own expense.
(But of course, it all just reflects the general opinion. God, the LOOKS I've seen people in wheelchairs get when they *dare* to use a public bus with a ramp, thus holding everyone up another precious ninety seconds. As if it were some kind of mass public service or something. HATE HATE HATE HATE.)
There is no fucking reason for the ADA to be enforceable only by lawsuits. It's insane and ridiculous and blatantly contemptuous of the entire *idea* of state-mandated accessibility for the disabled. Oh, sure, we'll pass an Act for you! And as long as you have enormous amounts of money and free time you can totally spend years trying to get someone to abide by it! Unless it's an *old* building, of course, in which case you're fucked. Because old buildings are historically important, and you are not important at all.
I just can't even--*deal* with how incredibly backwards American disability law is, and most people have no clue, and would rather believe that disabled people are just entitled jerks for wanting to leave the house now and then. I mean, what possible *civilized* reason is there for NOT having accessibility laws that you can report people for breaking like any other building code? Especially when disabled people are even less likely than the average person to have the wherewithal for a drawn-out lawsuit at their own expense.
(But of course, it all just reflects the general opinion. God, the LOOKS I've seen people in wheelchairs get when they *dare* to use a public bus with a ramp, thus holding everyone up another precious ninety seconds. As if it were some kind of mass public service or something. HATE HATE HATE HATE.)
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