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[–] czardestructo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I was thinking more along the lines of "oh hey you're building a water park, cool! By law it must be handicap accessible so please make a section easily accessible and here is a $1mil grant to make that possible, show us your plans before we issue the permit". This feels fairy reasonable.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Short of the grant part, isn't that basically what the ADA does?

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

The ADA is toothless right now.

Oklahoma City Police and the state were found to be in violation of the ADA by using police to respond to mental health crises, inappropriately imprisoning and institutionalizing people with mental health disorders.

After Cheeto Mussolini got into office, he ended the investigation and there are no plans for meaningful change. I doubt that any ADA issues are currently investigated.

[–] czardestructo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Should do, yep, but obviously not well if dudes getting PR for doing it privately.

Still, it's a niche amusement park. Not really the purview of the government.