[Sca-cooks] Wheelchairs- OT- was Cooks Symposium Dec 4

Elaine Koogler ekoogler1 at comcast.net
Fri Oct 8 13:10:21 PDT 2004


Lisa wrote:

>And honestly, at least on this one, you can't do anything because it is
>being held in a church which is outside ADA regulations.  Anwhere that is a
>"public access" environment, MUST comply to ADA specs or they can be sued
>through the DOJ.  I am not sure, but a church facility that is being
>commonly rented/used for public assess events may also be subject to ADA
>regs as well, I would have to go back and research that specific area.
>
>Lady Elizabeta of Rundel (whom is becoming very familiar with ADA regs due
>to hubby breaking his back and ending up in a wheelchair and having to deal
>with inaccessability on a regular basis.)
>
>  
>
That's really odd.  I would have thought that churches would definitely 
fall under the regulation as they are public buildings. 

Kiri (who's dreading the thought of stairs, especially in winter!!)




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