Harvard Recognizes Denial of Access to Buildings

Great discussion of the laws regarding physical access to a public accommodation, i.e. Harvard University, a major recipient of taxpayer funds. It is only twenty years after the deadline to comply with ADA requirements that Harvard is discussing the issue. It is 38 years after the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 required access to entities that receive US taxpayer funds. The Disability Law Center employs well paid attorneys who seldom file lawsuits for non compliance with laws. They spend much of their time providing social work services and education regarding entitlements. But there is a further issue that applies to Harvard and to the Disability Law Center. When will they both address discrimination toward persons with non physical disabilities e.g., those that are accused of mental illness? These people are denied access to public accommodations and especially access to government services, e.g., protection from crime. The police, the FBI, politicians, courts, and attorneys general ignore them due to unlawful discrimination, which is never addressed by the MCAD and other taxpayer funded human services agencies. Making it more egregious is that FBI informants in allegedly inclusive Cambridge, openly ridicule persons with disabilities who run for office to end these unlawful abuses. Bigotry is tolerated by the FBI and encouraged by journalists.

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2011/3/11/accessible-students-house-harvard/

Harvard Houses Grapple with Accessibility
By Stephanie B. Garlock and Julie M. Zauzmer,
Harvard CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS
Published: Friday, March 11, 2011