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Originally Posted by eman
Most of you don't know me and less know that my wife is handicapped.
She doesn't have to use a wheel chair all the time but does if there is a lot of walking or climbing.
I tried to find a room for us and her fur baby in grand isle for a week in October.
The only place i could find that takes pets is 20+ off the ground and she can't handle the steps . only place that is low to the ground doesn't take pets. It is still not wheel chair accessible.
there are a couple of places that have ramps but the way i see it they don't meet ADA standards. The person in the chair can not use them w/o someone to help them.
There is NO MOTEL on the island that has elevators.
How does a whole town get away with not meeting ADA standards?
When they rebuilt all the dunes on the front of the island they used federal dollars and had to put in handicapped parking and access to the beach. But there is no access to any of the hotels?
I am not a sue happy person but i could have one hell of a law suit that they cold not defend.
I enjoy going to the island and if i sued i would never be able to go back. my name would be flagged and if i showed up they would have me in jail for something?
I guess it's this way in every fishing area as i have never seen access at any of the rental property's
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There is a similar suit going on in Lafayette right now. There are certain loopholes that allow business owners to be exempted from the ADA standards:
According to Title III of the ADA older businesses are not necessarily grandfathered in. They must remove barriers for customers with disabilities when “readily achievable” — that is, “able to be carried out without much difficulty or expense,” according to the law. Now that being said, Im pretty sure that any new construction that took place should be in compliance with ADA law.
Edit: As much as I didnt want to address some of the comments on here... private businesses arent private businesses as you think they are when they cater to the public. Ill just leave it at that because Im sure there are many hard felt opinions about how DA GUBMIT shouldnt be able to regulate "private" businesses but the fact is that businesses who deal with the public are held to a different set of standards. Just like you cant discriminate on who you serve based on their religion, race, nationality and other things, there are certain laws that are made to accommodate handicap patrons should they decide to frequent the establishment. Im sure many would feel different if they had a member of their family who was handicap.