"Mike Hunt" wrote in message
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> Mxsmanic wrote:
>
> > Mike Hunt writes:
> >
> >
> >>It's not a matter of whether or not someone has an artificial limb,
> >>glasses, or whatever. The important issue is whether they are able to do
> >>the job.
> >
> >
> > Handicaps such as artificial limbs are prima facie indications that
> > they are not able-bodied.
>
> That a bit like saying I can't drive because I use contact lens to
> correct my vision.... or saying someone can't drive because they have no
> legs. But... you know what... people do drive without the use of their
legs.
> In your mind they might be prima facie indication, but US courts see it
> differently.
But those people (like my roommate who was completely paralyzed from polio)
use special adaptations, something that airplane doors don't usually have.
Also see Franklin D. Roosevelt's automobile at Hyde Park.
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