"Peter Aitken" > wrote in message
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> "Default User" > wrote in message
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>> aem wrote:
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>>> No, she's not right. The ADA sets up requirements that employers
>>> must follow to ensure that disabled employees are accommodated in the
>>> workplace. It has nothing to do with the behavior of anybody else,
>>> including as patrons in a public place. -aem
>>
>>
>> You are incorrect, that's only ADA Title I. The ADA also (among other
>> things) prohibits discrimination in access to public services and
>> facilities, like libraries.
>>
>
> I wonder how that would apply here. "Access" certainly means that
> wheelchair-bound people must have ramps, wide doors, elevators, etc.
> available so they can literally get into the place. But does it mean that
> once in a library or other place they can engage in any and all disruptive
> behavior as long as it is related to their disability? I would not think
> so.
>
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> Peter Aitken

The ADA went totally overboard in a number of ways. Example: Here, there's a
park on Lake Ontario where, in order to get down to the beach, you have to
scramble down an embankment. For various reasons, people prefer to swim at
this park, but there are no lifeguards. So, it's illegal to swim here and
the cops occasionally slide down the embankment, get their shoes dirty, and
make people leave the water. It was suggested to the town board that hiring
a couple of lifeguards would be very easy, and cheap. But, that would make
it an official public beach, and the town would then need to build ramps for
the disabled, as well as rest rooms. (There are porta-potties now). The
distance between the road and the embankment is too short for rest rooms -
cesspools must be a certain distance from a body of water. That means we'd
need to build a pedestrian tunnel under the road blah blah blah....you get
the picture.

So, the silliness goes on and on. People swim, some drown, and the cops
waste their time yelling at people, who get right back in the water when the
cops leave.