Wheel Chairs at Third Base

THE Americans with Disabilities Act has as its stated purpose to prevent “discrimination” that prevents people with disabilities from living fully normal lives. It should come as no surprise that a bill with such sweeping ambitions—essentially, forcing society to pretend that mental and physical differences do not exist—has become a regulatory menace of historic proportions.

The law took effect in January 1992, and as of March 1993 more than 9,000 legal complaints had been filed under it, an unprecedented number in the history of civil-rights legislation. And every company that is aware of the Act is shaking in its boots.

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Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.

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THE Americans with Disabilities Act has as its stated purpose to prevent “discrimination” that prevents people with disabilities from living fully normal lives. It should come as no surprise that a bill with such sweeping ambitions—essentially, forcing society to pretend that mental and physical differences do not exist—has become a regulatory menace of historic proportions.

The law took effect in January 1992, and as of March 1993 more than 9,000 legal complaints had been filed under it, an unprecedented number in the history of civil-rights legislation. And every company that is aware of the Act is shaking in its boots.