American disabilities act

Equal Opportunities In 1990 the United States Congress passed the Americans With Disabilities Act. This act, frequently referred to as the ADA, was intended to protect disabled Americans from discrimination and to remove the social and architectural barriers that prevent the disabled from participating in mainstream society (Hoover 137). In the past eight years, the ADA has faced criticism based on complaints that the accommodations it requires businesses and local governments to make are too expensive and …

…The requirement of accommodations is intended to “fight conscious and unconscious discrimination and to provide equal opportunities, not special privileges” (Wasserman 84). Americans can afford the cost of accommodations. They cannot afford to ignore a population of people who have a great deal to offer this country. The ADA forces society to interact with the disabled, and in time Americans will realize that the gains they discover far outweigh the price of compliance with the ADA.