In these circumstances, the ADA would allow a business to simply provide curbisde service to persons with disabilities. Fact 4 Businesses are only required to do what is readily achievable at that time. A small business may find that installing a ramp is not readily achievable this year, but if profits improve it will be readily achievable next year. Businesses are encouraged to evaluate their facilities and develop a long-term plan for barrier removal that is commensurate with their resources. Fact 5 Not true.
Waiters can read the menu to blind customers.
The ADA requires all government programs, not all government building, to be accessible. Local governments have been subject to this requirement for many years under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Not every building, nor each part of every building needs to be accessible. Structural modifications are required only when there is no alternative available for providing program access. Let's say a town library has an inaccessible second floor.