This is frequently the way any improvement in accessibility of physical infrastructure is framed:

It's end of the list.

It's about mere legal compliance rather than equity.

It won't happen until there's something like seismic instability that imperils important abled people as well.

Ooh, toilets! How long did you abled people have to wait to get toilets you could use?

#UCAccessNow #DisabilityLaw #Ableism

Interesting to see what happens with this, especially since the clerk is being held accountable not just in their capacity as a member of an organization, but as an individual.

Many individuals within UC wilfully do the most cruelly ableist things, then hide behind UC's phalanx of attorneys. If they were held individually accountable as well, boy would things change. #UCAccessNow #DisabilityLaw #ADA

https://mastodon.social/@kellylford/110907968437943351

The alacrity with which both big business AND academia have jumped on board ChatGPT, Midjourney, et al shows that the fact that 33 years post-ADA most things are not even in full ADA compliance IS A CHOICE.

Academia is very quickly adopting things without ethical regulation in place...clearly their slowness to adhere to a rock bottom law is because at heart abled people feel more warm & fuzzy towards an algorithm than actual disabled human beings.

@disability @academicchatter
#DisabilityLaw #Ableism #Disability

#Covid’s #RemoteWork Experience Is Slowly Changing #DisabilityLaw https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/covids-remote-work-experience-is-slowly-changing-disability-law
#telework #telecommute #DisabilityInclusion #DisabilityPolicy #DisabledAndCapable

#Covid’s #RemoteWork Experience Is Slowly Changing #DisabilityLaw https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/covids-remote-work-experience-is-slowly-changing-disability-law
#telework #telecommute #DisabilityInclusion #DisabilityPolicy #DisabledAndCapable

Indiana gouges Medicaid by abusing nursing home patients and shunting the money to other county priorities. The SCOTUS decision is so important because in Marion County 90% of the nursing homes are run by the county.

Talevski's father was doped by the nursing home, something that is common to "pacify" patients. He was transferred to numerous places in order to make him and the family easier to control. By this time he could no longer speak English, only Macedonian his native tongue.

Talevski, though an attorney, was not a litigator, but was determined to fight this. #ADA #DisabilityLaw #Ableism #Accessibility

Susie Talevski, recipient of the Spirit of the ADA Award, is speaking...visibly & audibly moved. #ADA #DisabilityLaw #Ableism #Accessibility

Maria Town is recounting the experience of trying to vet a restaurant to make sure it's accessible for a gathering of her friends. She tried to find out online but couldn't find an answer so she called via phone. The phone had a voicemail mssg saying she'd be contacted by an AI chat bot instead.

She hoped she'd get detailed accessibility information from the bot, but she got "Naturally, ADA is the law and therefore we are compliant" (paraphrase by me).

The ADA didn't just naturally happen. (And if you believe that bot about the restaurant's accessibility, there's a bridge for sale...)

#ADA #DisabilityLaw #AIEthics

She's speaking of going to the movie theater to see "Barbie" with her kids, having bought a "wheelchair ticket", only to find the single elevator at the theater was broken. They didn't say that on the phone or website. They even sold her the "wheelchair ticket" without mentioning that. She had to sit outside waiting while her kids saw the film. #Ableism #ADA #DisabilityPrideMonth #DisabilityLaw

Senator Tammy Duckworth saying it's due to the hard work of disabled activists that she's able to be in the Senate today. #ADA #DisabilityPrideMonth #DisabilityLaw

Congressman Steny Hoyer speaking at the AAPD celebration of the 33rd Anniversary of the ADA. #ADA #DisabilityPrideMonth #DisabilityLAW

Today is the 33rd anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) into law and the 3rd anniversary of the release of the UC Access Now Demandifesto.

The Demandifesto was sent to Gov Newsom, the UC Board of Regents and every UC chancellor. If you've got a moment, email/call these folks to ask them how much they've moved on the Demandifesto Action Steps or whether they just prefer to use public $ to fence out disabled members of the public from UC?

https://archive.org/details/disability-equity-and-justice-demands

#UCAccessNow #Accessibility #DisabilityLaw @disability

The 33rd anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act into law is this Wed, July 26. Question for abled people:

What are YOU doing to honor this not just by meeting ADA minimums, but planning for highest common denominator accessibility by default?

#UCAccessNow #a11y #Accessibility #DisabilityLaw

What we put up with from domestic airlines in the US will never cease to amaze me. Just outrageous garbage. I mean, bathrooms are not even accessible for disabled people on domestic flights.

The ADA became law 30 years ago, FFS. #lawfedi #disabilitylaw #disabilityethics

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/20/business/delta-air-lines-heat-las-vegas-plane.html

American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) is having a celebration of the 33rd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

Announced guests so far: Senator Tammy Duckworth, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell
(Co-Chair, Bipartisan Disabilities Caucus), Congressman Steny Hoyer

Wednesday, July 26 · 5:30 - 7:30pm EDT

Tix for either in-person (sliding scale) or online (free).

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2023-aapd-ada-celebration-tickets-638128638937?aff=oddtdtcreator

#ADA #DisabilityLaw #Disability

This is some seriously messed-up ish.

#PHEthx #PHLaw #DisabilityLaw #PublicHealthPolicy #OccHealth #OccHealthEthics

https://www.forbes.com/sites/judystone/2023/07/17/in-n-out-burgers-new-masking-policy-threatens-their-employees-health/?sh=4d94f9da4909

United Nations convention on the rights of persons with disabilities, neuroscience, and criminal legal capacity

https://academic.oup.com/jlb/article/10/1/lsad010/7169145

by Benjamin A. Barsky & Michael Ashley Stein #DisStudies #Neurolaw #DisabilityLaw

Via The 19th News:
"Disability and aging advocates celebrate Supreme Court’s Talevski decision
The 7-2 ruling preserves the right to sue when federally funded programs aren’t properly administered."

#DisabilityLaw #RightToSue

https://19thnews.org/2023/06/talevski-supreme-court-decision/

University of California getting sued for ADA violations AGAIN. You know, it would be better for the public all 'round if you'd just follow the Demandifesto Action Steps and make yourselves accessible once and for all. Cheaper, less wasteful of time, and most importantly - the ethical and humane thing to do.

"Former UC Employee Claims He Was Fired After Seeking Disability Accommodations"

https://www.law.com/therecorder/2023/06/07/former-uc-employee-claims-he-was-fired-after-seeking-disability-accommodations/

#UCAccessNow #disability #DisabilityLaw #HigherEd #labor

"A recent “Dear Colleague” letter issued jointly by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Office of Civil Rights of the Department of Education (OCR) places colleges and universities on notice of recent enforcement activities under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (Section 504) directed at digital accessibility. "

https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/discrimination-disability--sexual-harassment/1326000/dear-colleague-letter-from-ocr-and-doj-puts-colleges-and-universities-on-notice-of-renewed-focus-on-website-accessibility

#UCAccessNow #a11y #DisabilityLaw #disability