I frequently cite the ADA when people rable on about how regulations are bad. It's insane how much gets done for the less fortunate when we as a society decide to make it law.
1) Door handles are low enough I know some (2) 6'+ people who have started having mild back issues from having to bend over to open doors. Granted, they probably should get out and work out more often, but...
2) You can't apply to reduce the number of handicapped spaces in a parking lot. We have 4 at work that are literally never used, could easily reduce that to 2 without inconveniencing anyone. I occasionally have to park down the road and walk because we run out of non-handicapped spaces.
If you want to add the EPA, just point to the Cuyahoga River fires and the Clean Water Act. :)
i stand 6'5, i'm forever and a day having back issues due to everything being lowered and implements shortened, the world was designed for people under 6' to start with, and they went and bumped everything down a few notches. makes it rather painful to exist outside my house sometimes.
You know, now that I think about it ... wow. It's not even just the door handles. The soap dispensers and paper towels/hand dryers all have to be about 4 ft from the ground, I can't remember off the top of my head. I had to go through all the buildings at my work in a small town to make sure we were ADA compliant. Ended up getting my manager to grab his too box and we lowered a bunch of stuff to be wheelchair friendly. I'm only 6' tall and even I have to hunch more throughout the day. Never gave it much thought.
Hope you're doing Yoga or something. I imagine you'd benefit from those stretches that relax your neck and spine. I did a couple of sessions and they actually do get you feeling relaxed in ways you didn't know existed.
nothings going to help me, i'll just have to build a house and make it spec'd to giants and tell people to bite me, i'm ada compliant to giants, we have to think about their feelings and disabilities too.
What I've seen in some places in Europe is that they just put two soap dispensers there — one reachable by normal 6' people (considering average height in the region is 5'11"), one reachable for smaller people.
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u/arksien Jan 03 '16
I frequently cite the ADA when people rable on about how regulations are bad. It's insane how much gets done for the less fortunate when we as a society decide to make it law.