2nd: ignorance is bliss… i think any handicapped citizen would change with you one the spot, their handicap transfered to you and you get the parking… “Handicapped people have great parking”, what an a*hoe you must be… as if they park there for fun and to have better parking… i hope you have great life…

You’re persistent, I’ll give you that. I read the PDFs before my first post, though it fits your ego to somehow assume I needed you to tell me to do that. Unless you’re disabled, I do not need your pious lecturing. I have advanced RSDS (reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome, diagnosed 1991) and face challenges of independence and access everyday. These women were not interested in helping others; they simply made a public display of their alleged victimization and did the least good necessary to get the most for themselves.

As I wrote, they sold out every wheelchair bound American. Your lionization of them is unwarranted.

Plus, you need to make a logical separation here. My criticism of these women is not the same thing as defending Apple. Is there a point at which I disputed Apple’s responsibility? Nope, didn’t think so.

My criticism was at you (and Craig) accusing someone being an extortionist and not checking with what’s presented. I considered both of your comments really unjust and cheap. They could’ve went overboard with this by requesting someone like the ADA or someone similar like a previous post stated and milking it for all its worth; Apple being the whipping boy of lawsuits and such but they did not. They just pointed out what’s not right and tightened some screws a bit. The disabled already have enough on their plate just trying to get dressed for the day and such. They don’t want to have someone at their beckon call to do the most trivial things that ‘abled-bodied’ people take for granted. They just wish to be independent.

Well, at least YOU now read the pdf’s and then some. …Oh, am I being self-righteous again (if that’s what you want to call it)? I’ll admit my ‘personal’ fault; what about you?

there’s many disabled people out there that do not have the strength/nerves to fight in court to change things…

disabled in the US have it so much better than in any EU country!!!

i hope this gives handicapped people the strength to fight for their right to an equal life… it’s not possible everywhere, but definitely in more places than now!!!

how ingorant must one be to write a comment like that???

You can throw around BIG CAPS words like VILE, but it doesn’t make your comments any more righteous, just more self-righteous. Perhaps you missed this:

“Both sides agreed to a separate, confidential agreement on damages, attorney fees and other expenses.”

That’s not in either PDF; it’s in the original article, so it’s hard to miss. As for the PRESENTED (oh, there’s that self-righteous tone again) facts, I’ve never considered attorney-filed complaints as facts. If they were facts, we wouldn’t need courts now would we? and consent decrees are structured to avoid admitting facts, so what was your criticism again?

@filecat13 & Craig – Pity that you both did not READ the pdf’s – they’re not that big (click). They didn’t go in seeking money and the amount that they will get is just enough to pay for legal fees. They (being disabled) just wished to be treated with consideration for the condition that they’re in. It is VILE to accuse someone without knowing (reading) the PRESENTED facts.

The reason this went to court so it would be on record that they are committing themselves to the modifications required: sort of a just in case ‘real extortionist’ try to scam some cash out of them – the company ‘is’ making it right. I too find it odd that they were permitted to operate with these glaring imperfections.

Australia is moving the way of America with litigation. Yesterday the news headlines were about a lesbian couple who successfully sued because they got two babies instead of the requested one through IVF.

And here is the real killer: A park in our area has a liberty swing (this is a swing designed for wheel chairs), there was talk of it being closed down because a mother with an able bodied child was not aloud on this swing. She called it discrimination. Next to it are swings and a whole adventure playground that wheel chair bound kids can not use because of their disabilities.

There is a pretty famous story about a couple in a garden that were given everything except for one fruit. Were they satisfied?

Please excuse my rant as this sort of stuff makes my blood boil.

Also, why didn’t the code official granting the permit, and more importantly, the Accessibility Inspector catch these things prior to an Occupancy permit being issued? Something doesn’t sound right there.