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From: Douglas.Zachary@p0.f10.n137.z1.fidonet.org (Douglas Zachary)
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Subject: ADA
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Date: 17 Jul 90 19:46:22 GMT
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    Alistair Edwards writes,<26-Jun-90 03:51pm>
 
To: alistair@minster.york.ac.uk (Alistair Edwards)
Index Number: 8865
 
>Would somebody please enlighten a slightly ignorant foreigner. I 
>am aware of the existence and the passing of ADA, mostly through 
>this topic on the network. 
>Now, a more difficult question. Why is the United States so much 
>more enlightened in this area?
 
 Theory:  We have strong resistance from the historical 
 protectionists because of altering historically significant 
 buildings.  We have a lot of undeveloped land in comparison to 
 England and growth is still very active in this country. Your 
 country is much older and tradition bound, spaces for occupancy 
 are much closer together and alteration would be an even greater 
 undertaking. Disabled individuals have united in a stand 
 following disasterous results from other such stands taken in 
 the past by other minoities. Now that the American public has 
 taken a stand against minority oppression in other countries,
 how could we save face if we were guilty of the samething within 
 our own country when so many families of this particular group 
 are affected in some way?
                                       Zack

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