Rocky Mountain ADA holds workshop in Casper

CASPER, Wyo. (Wyoming News Now) - ROUGHLY 33 YEARS AGO, THEN-PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W. BUSH SIGNED THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT.

THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN ADA CENTER OUT OF COLORADO SPRINGS HELD A WORKSHOP AT THE RAMKOTA HOTEL. THIS THREE-DAY WORKSHOP WAS ATTENDED BY PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, AND ALSO BY SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN ADA DESCRIBED THE LEGALITIES CONCERNING DISABLED DISCRIMINATION, BUT ALSO EXPLAINED THAT DISABILITIES ARE FAR REACHING... AND CAN GO BEYOND THE PHYSICAL.

TESS STANTON, OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN ADA, SAYS “THERE’S NO EXHAUSTIVE LIST UNDER THE ADA... WHAT QUALIFIES AS A DISABILITY AND WHAT DOESN’T. BECAUSE EVERYONE EXPERIENCES DISABILITY DIFFERENTLY. SOMEONE MAY EVEN EXPERIENCE THEIR DISABILITY DIFFERENT BASED ON THE DAY OR THE HOUR. SO SOME DISABILITES ARE GOING TO BE IMMEDIATELY OBVIOUS, SUCH AS PEOPLE WHO MAY BE WHEEL CHAIR USERS. BUT MOST OF THEM ARE NOT. SO MOST DISABILITIES ARE GOING TO BE NON-APPARENT. AND JUST BECAUSE A DISABILITY ISN’T IMMEDIATELY OBVIOUS DOESN’T MEAN IT’S NOT A VALID DISABILITY.”

IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON THE AMERICAN DISABILITIES ACT, YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO VISIT THEIR WEBSITE AT: WWW.ROCKYMOUNTAINADA.ORG

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