Title 3 prohibits discrimination that deprives people with disabilities from the full and equal enjoyment of the facilities constructed or financed by the government but also private facilities open to the public. This includes but is not limited to places of lodging, shopping centers, service establishments, places of education and places of recreation. This title requires that the facility and everything in it is accessible and useable to individuals with disabilities. There needs to be parking accommodations meaning reserved parking spots leading to an accessible entrance. There needs to be at least 1 entrance to the facilities that is accessible including rails, and a door wide enough for a wheel chair. Doors need to be relatively easy to open requiring it to be no more than 8.5 pounds of pressure to push or pull. Public restrooms need to be accessible along with everything inside including a stall that a wheel chair will fit through.
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when Hugh Gregory Gallagher, who was in a wheel chair, after becoming paralyzed due to Polio, wanted to conduct research in a library of congress. (Fresh, D., & Thomas, P.1993). The library of congress was not accessible to Gallagher due to the fact that it only had stairs. The Librarian of congress was unwilling to provide him with a ramp even though he worked on the staff of the Senator. Gallagher was very tired of being carried up the two steps by two guards. The senator Barrett placed a line item for 5,000 dollars for the ramp in aspiration measure and it passed and a ramp was installed. He then stated “I literally needed an act of congress to have the ramp installed”. After that the Smithsonian Institution, the Kennedy Center and the federal building in Juneau was made accessible for people with disabilities like Gallagher. That was the start of the first federal laws leading in to the Americans with disabilities act of 1990. (Fresh, D., & Thomas,
when Hugh Gregory Gallagher, who was in a wheel chair, after becoming paralyzed due to Polio, wanted to conduct research in a library of congress. (Fresh, D., & Thomas, P.1993). The library of congress was not accessible to Gallagher due to the fact that it only had stairs. The Librarian of congress was unwilling to provide him with a ramp even though he worked on the staff of the Senator. Gallagher was very tired of being carried up the two steps by two guards. The senator Barrett placed a line item for 5,000 dollars for the ramp in aspiration measure and it passed and a ramp was installed. He then stated “I literally needed an act of congress to have the ramp installed”. After that the Smithsonian Institution, the Kennedy Center and the federal building in Juneau was made accessible for people with disabilities like Gallagher. That was the start of the first federal laws leading in to the Americans with disabilities act of 1990. (Fresh, D., & Thomas,