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Originally Posted by Leisha2
I think an easy solution would have been for The Villages to pay for an interpreter in any class a deaf person took. If no deaf people were attending, no interpreter needed. I don't believe there would have been deaf people in that many classes. That wouldn't have cost over 1 mil as the Villages stated in its case.
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That is not the way the ADA is intended to work.
The intent of the law is to make it so the person with a disability
does not have to ask anyone for help. The door has to be 32" clear opening, The pull handle has to be within 38" from floor, the door closer has to be 8 pounds or less resistance, the bottom 10" of the door has to be smooth (so a person in a wheel chair can operate and pass thru the door without assistance). There are dimensions for vanity heights, vanity mirror heights, restrictions on faucet handle shape (so a person with no hands can wash their feet I suppose). There are supposed to be ramps at sidewalk crossings (with texture bumps so the blind can discern it is an intersection). The list goes on, and on, and on.
All of the government hydro electric dams were built with a staircase at the main entrance of the building. Those all had to be torn out and replaced or supplemented with ramps. The dams give tours (Army Core of Engineers) they had to install chair lifts at the base of the elevator banks, in case someone in a wheelchair showed up for the tour. Billions of dollars spent, so the guy who got drunk and dived into an empty swimming pool can go on the hydro electric dam tour...
Mr Schwarz is a jackass. He is an educated man and knew that his demand to have interpreters provided for
all classes would be financially impracticable. It is obvious; he had no desire to attend classes, he just wanted to pi$$ everyone else off and bring more scrutiny his way (a deaf exhibitionist).