Sometimes running a Google search on your own name can be embarrassing - especially if you have a common name and you think someone else's ideas will be erroneously attributed to you. Fortunately my name is not all that common but coming across such a rousing endorsement of the Rolling Rains Report as Terry Welker has posted at The Code Connection was humbling.
From The Code Connection:
Here's some refreshing news. There are some progressive thinkers like Scott Rains who are on the forefront convincing the entire world that there are an ocean of buisness opportunities serving the travel and tourism industry. Go to his web log, the Rolling Rains Report, to see the latest dialogue on travel, disablity and universal design. You'll find news, ideas, conferences, examples, and commentary from around the world. Leaders like Rains are showing the travel industry that there is in fact a strong market serving those with disabilities. Now, Scott Rains is actually much broader in his approach than this. He uses a "full court press" that includes legal avenues, research, political activism, economics, etc. He's a "change agent" working to make the world a better place to live. In this respect, I fully subscribe to his mission and only hope I can help in some way.Posted by rollingrains at April 18, 2004 04:05 AM | TrackBackWhile it is necessary to have laws like the ADA and the ADAAG standards in the U.S. it is enlightening to see how Universal Design in other countries is gaining acceptance in such a positive fashion. Maybe we're comming close to a "tipping point" where Universal Design starts to become a preference rather than a requirement.
Lately, I've had conversations with owners of two story buildings who are seriously considering adding elevators in order to make them more accessible. Do they have a passion for the ADA? Nope. They simply recognize that the culture is changing and that tenants are starting to demand accessibility. Tenants are demanding it because their customers are demanding it. A prime example of market demands at work.