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> people who require additional features should pay for additional features. This is a strange thing to say immediately after chiding someone for not consideri
by arrowsmith 2y ago
> people who require additional features should pay for additional features.
This is a strange thing to say immediately after chiding someone for not considering the disabled.
Should wheelchair ramps on public buildings be funded via a special tax that only wheelchair users have to pay?
- elmerfud 2y agoDisabled people who required specific accommodations for their disability in a specific sense yes need to pay extra. You will see this when they buy a vehicle that requires things like hand controls or a wheelchair lift or other things like that. Those features cost more and there is no expectation that every other car purchaser will chip in to pay for that. When talking about accessibility to public buildings and making certain basic accessibility features part of the design and construction is different. Trying to conflate the two confuses the argument here. Requiring that your child automatically get a seat next to you for no additional charge in no way relates to ensuring that a wheelchair can make it to the plane.
- bluGill 2y agoThe ADA is the law (In the US, other countries have their own version which is broadly similar), but you are allowed to not provide a ramp or other disability assistance in cases where it is not reasonable (the ADA defines this in detail). If you look at the rules, most of them do not add very much to the cost of a building - making a hall a little wider so there is room for a wheelchair doesn't cost much. Where it would cost a lot the ADA will generally let you out of doing it.