On 2017-02-03 9:10 AM, Taxed and Spent wrote:
> On 2/2/2017 6:47 PM, dsi1 wrote:

>> I don't have any problem with the crippled and handicapped trying to
>> get on the best they can.
> everybody must bend over backwards for the handicapped, and the legal
> requirements on employers, landlords, retail establishments are onerous.
> And to top it off, all these must make "reasonable accommodations" to
> individual handicapped people - but that is a one way street. No
> cost-benefit analysis, not rational basis for many of the rules. Many
> jobs lost, many stores closed, many properties boarded up.

Part of the problem is the way some people interpret reasonable
accommodation. The way some people seem to view it is that everyone
else has to bend over backwards to appease them and their individual
needs and no concern about the cost and inconvenience to others.

There was a news story recently about a disabled person not being able
to have a wheel chair and attendant provided at an airport. A family
member had dropped off a parent with a mobility issue and assumed that
the airport of the airline would naturally provide her with a wheelchair
and personal assistant. Apparently the airport does provide a number of
wheelchairs, but they were all in use at the time. In my mind, what
would constitute reasonable accommodation would have been for the
airport to have ramps or elevators to access different levels, to have
wide doorways, accessible toilets etc. What would have been reasonable
for an old and disabled passenger that needs a wheelchair would be to
bring their own chair and have a friend of family member accompany them
on the trip.