May 2nd, 2011
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Author: Wisconsin’s state capitol is violating the federal Americans with Disabilities Act by not providing enough handicapped-accessible entrances, alleges State Sen. Fred Risser (D-Madison) in a recent letter to U.S. Attorney John Vaudreuil, federal prosecutor for the Western District of Wisconsin.
Following protests, the number of public entrances to the capitol was reduced from eight to two, according to the letter, and only one of those entrances is handicapped-accessible.
That means, Risser writes, that only 50 percent of the building’s entrances are accessible, falling below the ADA requirement that 60 percent of entrances be accessible.
According to 2010 ADA design standards applying to “newly designed and constructed or altered state and local government facilities” and other public facilities, “at least 60 percent of all public entrances shall comply” with handicap accessibility requirements.
“I believe this is a blatant disregard of federal law by the Department of Administration,” Risser says.
He says the department should open up another entrance meeting ADA standards.
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