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Health Care & Hospital Law

Jul. 27, 2010

New Front in ADA Fight Opens

On the 20th anniversary of the ADA, plaintiff attorneys and others said the law that took down physical impediments and helped disabled people keep their jobs is reaching the digital age - especially for the blind and deaf.

By Emma Gallegos

Daily Journal Staff Writer

When Loyola Law School professor Sande Buhai drives the streets of any city, she can easily see the fruits of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which was signed into law 20 years ago today: wheelchair-accessible business entrances, curb cuts on sidewalks, wider store aisles.

Most of the architectural barriers to people with disabilities, she says, were knocked down with the flurry...

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