I think we will soon see the death of the ADA. Why? Because of the
recent lowering of the requirements of the ADA. Originally, you had
to have substantial assistants with 3 of the 5 or 6 major life
activities - bathing, dressing, toileting, walking, getting in or out
of bed, feeding. (correct me if I'm wrong). To me that seemed very
fair and would be fairly easy for anyone to recognize and
accommodate. i.e. anyone with a severe physical disability.
The new and 'improved' rules, as I understand them, now only require
some assistants with any 1 major life activity. This is what will
eventually cause a huge backlash and perhaps repeal of the ADA as too
expensive. Why? Because everybody and their uncle wants in on the ADA
bandwagon. Under the new rules, everybody except a perfectly healthy
20 year old can claim 'protection'
(read special treatment) under the guise of the ADA. Think of the
reasons people are now claiming protection - nearsighted, farsighted,
insomnia, depression, bipolar, hard of hearing, ADD, ADHD,
overweight, underweight, addiction to smoking - the list is
endless. And if they don't get it, they sue - and mostly win.
Am I the only one that feels this way?
Dan
At 12:36 PM 6/17/2009, [email protected] said something that elicited
my response:
Hi All,
The America Medical Association (AMA) is gathering this week to
discuss many things. One subject they voted on was that obesity is
NOT a disability, which I concur.
What do all of you think about this subject? ~ Bobbie
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