This American Life featured the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on an episode originally aired on September 24th, 2010. More specifically, the portion on the ADA surrounded the topic of accessibility and one state’s laws that allow for people to file lawsuits against business, not only to have a business fix the accessibility problem, but also requiring the business to pay the individual up to $4000.

The state of California may be one of the most accessible states, but is it because of this fear of lawsuits? Is it worth it? Should individuals be able to hunt for access deficiencies for a living? What does this do to the way people who use wheelchairs are looked at? When a person in a wheelchair enters a business does he or she want the first thought of that business to be, “Are they going to sue me?” Listen to the broadcast by clicking play on the player above and let us know what you think on our facebook discussion board (a facebook account is needed to participate in the discussion).