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Of all the things you could reasonably criticize the US over, wheelchair accessibility ain't one of them. Especially compared to Europe.
To be fair a good chunk of the buildings in Europe are older than america.
New builds tend to take differently able people in mind these days
Europe didn't have a law about it until 2016.
Europe doesn't set all the rules at the EU level, this type of thing was probably law in many EU countries before it was law at the EU level.
Mellvar is completely wrong, the law was drafted in 2000, and became compulsory in 2009 because there were a couple of countries that hadn't complied
Not sure what agenda they're pushing, or if they're confused with the new law that says that all web based sites now have to be inclusive