ADA= Americans with Disabilities Act
So, while researching something on the Daily Cal (UC Berkeley's student run paper) I came across an article
http://archive.dailycal.org/article.php?id=27027 about a wheelchair bound young woman who went through recruitment back in 2004. The article was written in 07'.
I was surprised by this:
"
Currently, a majority of the fraternity and sorority houses do not and are not required to abide by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, said Jamie Wilson, the disability access specialist from Disability Access Services.
Because the Greek houses are not federally funded and stood before the act was passed, existing facilities are not under its jurisdiction, she said.
“If they haven’t done any major renovations since the ADA, then they are not in violation of the ADA,” Wilson said. "
In the beginning of the article, she states that she felt she didn't get extended a bid to any house because of her chair. But she also mentioned she was a senior. My first thought was "she was a senior= no bid."
Anyway, after reading the rest of the article, I started to wonder if the CAL houses are up to code (I'll look into it) and then I wondered about greek houses across the U.S. in general.
If you're in or was in a housed chapter, does/did your house meet ADA standards? If not, why? Would it be a financial burden to update/upgrade the home to standards? Did your house have members with physical disabilities?
Does YOUR fraternity/sorority house meet ADA requirements?
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