Five Years of the ADA Split Views on Costs and Gains
A blind social worker in Albany benefited from the act reading Braille exams, while a Denver restaurant owner spent 104000 dollars on ramps that rarely get used. The piece contrasts ADA's social gains with its costs, lawsuits, and regulatory reach. It notes 49 million Americans labeled disabled by census standards, ADA complaints rising, and mixed opinions from experts on the law's impact and future.
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Washington
Philip Rich
Blair Taylor
Rich
Albany
N.Y
Taylor
Barolo Grill
Denver
New York State
Blair
Edward Hudgins
Cato Institute
Peter David Blanck
Annenberg Washington Program
George Bush
Congress
Clinton
House
Dick Armey
Texas
Census Bureau
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
EEOC
David Grunberg
Reginald Welch
Boston University
ADA
Hudgins
Blanck
Louis Harris & Associates
National Organization On Disability
NOD
50/50 winner at Music and Marameade Festival in Frederick
Carlene Bowie of the Frederick Department of Public Works receives her share of the 50/50 raffle proceeds from Community Living Inc as festival coordinator Karin Lindholm Belsheim thanks participants. Community Living, part of United Way of Frederick County, runs over 20 homes for people with developmental disabilities.
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Carlene Bowie
Department of Public Works
Frederick
Community Living, Inc
Community Living
Karin Lindholm Belsheim
Ms. Bowie
United Way
Frederick County
Road Reopens Aug 22 At Old Frederick Road Hunting Creek
Old Frederick Road at Hunting Creek will be open for through traffic starting 7:30 am Tuesday August 22. The current road remains accessible until the new bridge and road improvements finish. For more information contact Randy Bumgardner project inspector at 301-898-1406 or 301-694-1672.
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Old Frederick
Hunting Creek
Randy Bumgardner
Drugmaker to pay up to 150 million settle contamination suits
Cheyenne Wye AP reports a drugmaker agreed to pay up to 150 million to settle suits alleging bacterial contamination of albuterol killed as many as 14 and sickened 100. The tentative deal with Copley Pharmaceutical halted a 42 day trial of 79 consolidated cases nationwide.
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Cheyenne. Wye (Ap
Copley Pharmaceutical Inc
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