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ADA 30 Report Card
The ADA turns 30 on July 25th. In some areas, people with disabilities have made significant advances. In others, not so much.
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Unless you are someone with a disability or work in the disability/diversity/ inclusion/equality/belonging/accessibility space, you probably don’t think a lot about the Americans with Disabilities Act. The ADA’s 30th birthday is coming up. Thirty years is long enough to understand what the ADA has achieved, and by inference, what it hasn’t.
I’ve identified a number of areas below that the ADA regulates, and given each a letter grade based on my perception of what improvements have been made, and what remains to be done. The grade is not based on the ADA alone, but the progress that has been made since in that area since the ADA has passed. Warning: If this were a real report card, the ADA would be at risk of having to repeat a grade.
