How has the ADA impacted your life regarding travel/mobility, education, employment, or any other aspect? The ADA (along with my university’s Disabilities Program) provided vital accommodations during my bachelor’s degree. These included extra time on tests and assignments, enlarged print when needed, plus others. Can you share a “before and after” experience; e.g., before the […]
Can you share a “before and after” experience; e.g., before the ADA I couldn’t do X or was denied access to Y, and thanks to the ADA I can do Z. Hi in my experience I have faced many times where I know that I should not have been discriminated against, but I was. The […]
How has the ADA impacted your life regarding travel/mobility, education, employment, or any other aspect? In till I was 21, I never understood why I couldn’t spell or read they way others could do. I finally was taken seriously by my ADA administrator in college and I finally got the help I needed. ADA has […]
How has the ADA impacted your life regarding travel/mobility, education, employment, or any other aspect? The Americans with Disability Act has allowed for me to receive an education. After a brain and spinal chord injury that prohibited me from returning to school for months, this necessary act made it possible for me to return with […]
How has the ADA impacted your life regarding travel/mobility, education, employment, or any other aspect? It’s impacted me in a number of ways. In school, having braille plates by each room to identify what room number it was, or if it was a bathroom, and if it was a men’s or women’s bathroom. And also, […]
How has the ADA impacted your life regarding travel/mobility, education, employment, or any other aspect? The ADA has greatly enhanced my life until I moved to the State of Tennessee. According to ADA Article 1 and 5 Law Enforcement Officers are required to identify themselves when dealing with someone who is blind. In Tennessee Law […]
How has the ADA impacted your life regarding travel/mobility, education, employment, or any other aspect? Before the ADA there were no: curb cuts, detectable warnings, talking ATMs, paratransit services, announcements of transit stops, companies with disability answer desks and few audible pedestrian signals. Now all these things make my life a whole lot easier. Can […]
Can you share a “before and after” experience; e.g., before the ADA I couldn’t do X or was denied access to Y, and thanks to the ADA I can do Z. Before the ADA, my employer offered no assistance and I was left no choice but to leave my job. After, I had constant ongoing […]
How has the ADA impacted your life regarding travel/mobility, education, employment, or any other aspect? I find the ADA to be one of the most difficult laws to enforce. My family experiences ADA violations on a daily basis and we have almost no recourse. Key federal websites are inaccessible, state documents can’t be read with […]
How has the ADA impacted your life regarding travel/mobility, education, employment, or any other aspect? It got me help for services while attaining my bachelor’s & master’s degrees in social work. Can you share a “before and after” experience; e.g., before the ADA I couldn’t do X or was denied access to Y, and thanks […]
