ACCESS

One can wish for things to happen, but wishing do not make it happen.  We enjoy sitting outside in the summer just enjoying mother nature.  Over the winter we lost the shrubs between where we sit and the street.  After lunch today we went to the nursery and bought 6 shrubs and over the weekend we'll planted them.  By the end of summer we should have our 4 foot hedge. 

We took action and will get our hedge back.  If you want buildings to be ADA compliant, which we all do, we must take action today.  The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is 20 years old!  The buildings that are not ADA compliant, about 90% of them, is because building owners do not want to spend the money to make it happen.  However, if we take action today, we can start getting buildings ADA compliant tomorrow. 

We are here to help make that happen, but not without your help.  The ACCESS "Watchdogs in Wheelchairs" program is the answer to take action now.  It's easier than you think, it's simple and it's at no cost to you.  As you know by now, we are focusing on the lodging industry (hotel, motel and time-shares):

1. Book an accessible room with 2 beds and a roll-in shower.
2. Using a color digital camera, take 2-3 photos of the room, the roll-in shower, the lobby area and the public restrooms.
3. Take 2-3 photos of the outside to include the accessible parking lot and overall pictures of the building.
4. Email us the photos and a copy of your hotel receipt to hfalstad@accessts.net.

ACCESS will then determine whether there is "standing" to file in the Federal Courts. 

With this procedure, it will work over and over again.  I sign all the certificate of approval on ADA compliant buildings and I know this work.  Working together we can make buildings ADA compliant one building at a time.

Comment here or on our FaceBook page at http://www.facebook.com/?sk=lf; or give us a call at (702) 649-7575 and ask for me or Patti.  You can also email me at hfalstad@accessts.net.  We look forward to hearing from you.

Hank