If you have been paying attention you will know that we are not in Nirvana yet. The frustration level in the disability community is running high. The Department of Justice is overburdened. Apathy won't work.
Civil disobedience is out of vogue.
Just after the fifth anniversary of the ADA, Bill Stothers and I filed a lawsuit against Ace Parking in San Diego for violating the ADA by not providing accessible parking. We believed Ace, one of the biggest parking companies in the country, knew that the law required them to provide accessible parking but chose not to comply. We felt that the time had come to stop waiting for voluntary compliance and to get the attention of the business community. You see, as long as people with disabilities couldn't park downtown, the business owners didn't have to think about people with disabilities actually coming into their businesses. If you can't park, you can't go.