Langevin will need additional space for his seat in the chamber, as well as a special voting machine. Langevin's election to Congress serves as a fitting anniversary commemoration for the ADA, which President George Bush signed into law in July 1990. Talk about a legacy. Because of the ADA, ramps, curb- cuts, automatic doors and lower drinking fountains are commonplace. Telephone relay services exist in every state.
Movie theaters have listening devices.
Enforcement falls far short of the goal, in part because the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lacks the resources to keep up with the complaints. They remain disproportionately underemployed and underpaid. Rhonda Holman, an Eagle editorial writer, writes a personal column for the Op-Ed page on Fridays.