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this point in his lire, was stone deaf.
He ended up sitting in the jury because neither the prosecuting attorney nor the defense attorney wanted to use one of their “strikes” to dismiss him. Also, the man would not admit to being deaf.
Wheelchair accessibility is still a main focus, however. The county government has some work left to do, as McCarthy noted that “our ultimate-goal is to make all of our offices accessible.”
As far as what is required to make a building accessible, McCarthy says “it depends on the building.” To be accessible, a building needs to have grade level access, or have ramps constructed to provide that access. Buildings with two or more floors would need either an elevator or wheelchair lift for access to all floors.
An act of Congress in 1978 required wheelchair accessibility in government buildings. Existing structures were exempt with the exception of certain cases. For example, places that held public hearings would need to provide access.
If exempt buildings did not have handicapped access, according to this act, then the services they provide would have to be brought to handicapped people. For instance, if a wheelchair bound person needed to register to vote and he/she could not get in the building then someone from the Registrar’s Office would have to take the paperwork outside and register them in the parking lot, or come to that person’s house and register them.
This changed in 1991, when the Americans with Disabilities Act was enacted into law. This act required all government buildings to provide handicapped access. Any new offices that are built or any new space that a government agency might rent has to be 100 percent accessible.
Existing structures get off
96.5%