A comment on a local news Facebook posts said that "people should just claim to have a disability to get out of wearing a mask at Walmart." I can not express how angry I am, and it's only 7 a.m...
I responded with, that's not how the ADA works and they can accommodate you with curbside. I also shared my appreciation, if people would not do anything to screw with what the disabled community has worked so hard for.
The post had 45 comments. I was the only one to mention the ADA. Thus my desire to share, because the key factor here is that the accommodations they make for you cannot impure on the health or safety of anyone else period.
"Q. Does the ADA allow public accommodations to take safety factors into consideration in providing services to individuals with disabilities?
A. The ADA expressly provides that a public accommodation may exclude an individual if that individual poses a direct threat to the health or safety of others that cannot be mitigated by appropriate modifications in the public accommodation's policies or procedures or by the provision of auxiliary aids. A public accommodation will be permitted to establish objective safety criteria for the operation of its business; however, any safety standard must be based on objective requirements rather than stereotypes or generalizations about the ability of persons with disabilities to participate in an activity."
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