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Forum (Forum & Focus)

Sep. 22, 2008

Federal Government Needs to Ramp Up Enforcement of ADA

Despite adverse publicity about ADA access cases against small businesses, there has been surprisingly little enforcement of the ADA nationally, write Linda D. Kilb and Amy F. Robertson. - Forum Column

FORUM COLUMN

By Linda D. Kilb and Amy F. Robertson

Miguel Castaneda travels a lot for his state job, and he likes to stop at Burger King for lunch when he's on the road. Castaneda also has incomplete quadriplegia and uses a wheelchair to get around. Even now - almost 40 years after California adopted its first disability access standards and 18 years after passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act - he encounters barriers at Burger Kings tha...

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