The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 was intended for the
following purposes:
“ (1) to provide a clear and comprehensive national
mandate for the elimination of discrimination against individuals
with disabilities;
(2) to provide clear, strong, consistent, enforceable standards
addressing discrimination against individuals with
disabilities;
(3) to ensure that the Federal Government plays a central role in
enforcing the standards established in this chapter on behalf of
individuals with disabilities; and
(4) to invoke the sweep of congressional authority, including the
power to enforce the fourteenth amendment and to regulate commerce,
in order to address the major areas of discrimination faced
day-to-day by people with disabilities.”
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It has been an extremely complex process, involving two
additional modified versions of the law and a host of regulations
and standards affecting both the public and private sectors of
American life. I remember when all sidewalks were built without
those little ramps at the intersections that we now see everywhere
we go. All restaurants built today have wheelchair ramps and
bathrooms that are accessible to persons confined to a wheelchair
or power chair. And these are just the most visible changes we have
seen.
When a cache is published with a terrain rating of 1, that means
it is wheelchair accessible. I can't remember how many times I have
seen caches that were placed with that rating that were clearly not
accessible with a wheelchair. So, I have decided to produce a
series of caches that will be truly accessible to all cachers, no
matter what level of mobility impairment they may have. With this
in mind, you can approach all of these caches knowing that, not
only can you get to them by wheelchair, but you would be able to
reach the cache from a sitting position.
In addition, all of these will be placed along arterial streets
with regular bus service to ensure public transportation will be
available. The difficulty levels on this series will vary. Some
will be very easy "roll and grabs" but others will be very well
camoed sneaky and evil as possible. we all like to get lots of easy
finds but tough ones can be fun and challenging.
Handicacher rating H11111
This one is a replacement for #6 which was muggled by one of the hordes of casual laborers who watched our activities too closely for it to go un-noticed. This location is not as easy but may be safer for cache longevity. Please be stealthy! They are always watching!