I do not complain about my actual disability at all. My mother even told me that this last weekend. I complain how outside factors make it hard for me to exist outside of my house – and even inside my house it’s hard. I don’t live in an accessible unit. The least accessible part of living in the United States is the lack of transportation options. We have public transportation in some cities, but they’re not the safest places to be, especially as a woman with a physical disability. We have Uber and Lyft, but they challenge disability rights and laws left and right. And wheelchair accessible vehicles aren’t readily…
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In 2010, the Americans with Disabilities Act received updates to bring the Act into the Digital Age. One of these updates is concert ticketing. Recently, I attended a concert with my mom. Wonderful experience, 11/10 would do it again but maybe not on the coldest night of the year in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Fiserv Forum is new, universally designed, and beautiful. The updated 2010 ADA law covers ticket sales and prices, what constitutes as “accessible seating”, the secondary ticket market, holding and releasing tickets for seating and fraud prevention when purchasing accessible tickets. That last part is a MAJOR problem. Purchasing Accessible Tickets Anyone can buy accessible tickets online. There is…