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Doesn't Trump's assault on accessibility violate the ADA? (www.npr.org)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org to c/disability@beehaw.org

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So I was reading this article about Trump's crackdown on DEIA initiatives, and I must admit, I didn't know what the A stands for in that acronym. So I looked it up and and it's accessibility.

Which raises the question: doesn't killing accessibility programs violate the Americans with Disabilities Act? To my knowledge, the ADA is still very much in force.

Another possible angle to mete some justice to this depressing heartless man...

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[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

What else other than trying to bury him in lawsuits to frustrate his destructive efforts can you do this side of the law?

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Put on Luigis Shoes.

[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 7 months ago

Note how I very deliberately added "this side of the law" in my rhetorical question.

[–] Visikde@beehaw.org 1 points 7 months ago

Take a F Fascist with you

[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Protest, I guess

[–] SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Until they make it illegal, of course.

Then we riot.

[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 7 months ago

Then we riot.

Well that's definitely a-okay.