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Universities spend an absurd amount of money on ADA compliance. The University where my father teaches tore down an office building mostly because it was too d
by justrealist 3y ago
Universities spend an absurd amount of money on ADA compliance.
The University where my father teaches tore down an office building mostly because it was too difficult to get an ADA-compliant elevator installed.
- KennyBlanken 3y agohttps://www.govtech.com/education/higher-ed/as-higher-ed-goes-digital-ada-compliance-falls-behind https://www.govtech.com/education/higher-ed/as-higher-ed-goe... https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/30-years-after-americans-disability-act-college-students-disabilities-say-n1138336 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/30-years-after-american... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9565787/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9565787/ https://www.levelaccess.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/how-higher-education-is-failing-students-with-disabilities.pdf https://www.levelaccess.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/how-h... But I'm glad your anecodote about an unnamed school "tearing down a building because they couldn't make the elevator ADA compliant" refutes all that. Try talking to students who are in wheelchairs about their challenges getting to class, housing, food services, etc.