Although the Justice Department has extended the deadline for
America’s hotels to comply with regulations regarding handicap access
to swimming pools, new Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) guidelines
are already being applied at miniature golf courses, driving ranges,
amusement parks, shooting ranges and saunas.
Among the provisions in the "Revised ADA Standards for Accessible
Design," which went into effect on March 15, is one requiring
businesses to allow miniature horses on their premises as guide animals
for the disabled. Another limits the height of slopes on miniature
golf holes.
“The new standards, for the first time, include requirements for
judicial facilities, detention and correctional facilities, and
recreational facilities,” Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez said during a conference in Baltimore on June 7.
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1 comment:
REALLY! no offense but if your disabled, that means your LIMITED to what you can do. Do we really need to change everything to make it work for them. Somethings yes, but isnt this what has gotten us in trouble everywhere.
If you are disabled and climb mountains, should we have the corp of engineers go to the mountain and carve in better holding points for those who want to try. Whats better being disabled and being able to show you can do it, or being disabled and having an advatage over it.
We are a nation building crutches to make the weak stay weak.
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