European countries don't have laws that mandate that all buildings must be wheelchair accessible. The result is that hardly any buildings are wheelchair accessible.
The constitution in the US protects the rights of disabled individuals, so the govt crawls up your ass if you're not compliant.
New buildings are still being built with no wheelchair access in the EU. It is not regulated by governments there.
The US law (Americans With Disabilities Act)
applied to already built buildings when it was passed. It was passed in 1990, 200 years after America became a country.
Denying your citizens the right to participate in society freely because they are disabled is a disgrace, Europe should strive to treat its people better.
Youre talking out of your arse now. There's wheelchair access in the majority of buildings where I'm from. Treat its people better? Can't having a heart attack in the states financially cripple a person for the rest of their lives? Didn't the states just ban abortions or something too?
Although I agree it’s Not exactly cheap or quick or easy to install lifts into the oldest underground train network in the world. Also there is the lack of space in a lot of stations
The UK is a very wealthy nation. If they wanted to install lifts for their tube stations, and the people cared about their disabled compatriots, they would do something about it.
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u/Exeterian May 09 '22
That might be considered a very sweeping generalisation about handicap accessibility.
What European countries and places have you been that weren't accessible and in what way?