(07-11-2017 05:48 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  

(07-11-2017 05:32 PM)bubbapt Wrote:  ADA is a classic example of good intentions rolled into a terrible law.

Yep.


We had our "ADA compliance coordinator" try to tell us that we had to retrofit one of our older firehouses because it was two stories and the living quarters were upstairs. When asked why that made any sense she replied "Because any possible disabled employees would have difficulty accessing that portion of the building."

As if that weren't bad enough it then took about 30 minutes and retrieving a copy of the physical standards one has to meet to be a firefighter for her to finally concede she was wrong.

You're lucky. That conversation could have ended up with "you need to revise your physics requirements to be more just and equitable."