Re “How to oppose efforts to weaken the Americans with Disabilities Act” (June 14): To cut ADA regulations on new construction is folly and contradicts the whole idea of improving the lives of disabled citizens. Before the ADA, very few places focused on allowing access to disabled people. Today, the ADA is still being implemented incrementally in buildings, stores, roads and mass transportation vehicles. In the U.S. we are not anywhere near full implementation in housing.
Disabled people actually exist and do contribute to the tax base. Not continuing to construct corner ramps on street corners, wider elevators at hotels and ramps at new apartment complexes further disables … well … the disabled.
— John H. Borja, Chula Vista