Accessible Gardening: Gardening from a Wheelchair, 1 by carrielamont

carrielamont wrote:
lupe ~

I don't think I posted on this thread about the ADA and "reasonable accommodation." In my old life I was even an ADA compliance inspector - not the right words, but you know what I mean. I can't count the # of times I've tried to explain to tiny, family owned businesses that smoothing out their 2" bumps inside does NOT immediately invoke the ADA and all its micro-regulations. (Or the # of pictures I have of shopping carts stored in the HP spot, newspaper racks blocking the wheelchair curb cut, yadda yadda yadda.) No, I'm not a scare-monger, I'm on the other side. In fact, I am woefully ignorant of the regs as they apply to Braille signage, or how wide is wise enough for Canadian crutches. I just care about ME. Nowadays.

xxx, Carrie