An Inclusive Litany

5/27/96

American Enterprise, May/June, 1996:
Disability activists are at loggerheads as deaf activists demand strobe-light fire alarms be required by law, but epileptic representatives say these will give them seizures. Meanwhile, wheelchair advocates insist on low-set automated teller machines that blind activists say wouldn't work for them.
[Ed.: In one case, a retail establishment perched on a steep slope was forced to install an expensive ramp in order to make it wheelchair accessible. The store sold nothing but running shoes.]