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*local* warming »  Britain doesn't have an Americans with
Disabilities Act  Great Britain doesn't have an Americans with
Disabilities Act. Now, you may say, why would Britain care about
Americans with Disabilities. What I mean by this are that
conditions for those with disabilities in Britain seem much
harsher than in the US. In particular, I will note the public
transport system, especially the rail system.  To be clear,
Britain does have a Disability Discrimination Act of 1995. It is
just that the requirements that are made of extant systems are
much more modest than the US.  The reason I note this is not,
fortunately, because anyone in my household is physically
disabled, rather because as I and my wife take our 2 year old
son out in a stroller, we notice problems that just don't appear
in the US. In part this is because we don't use public transport
much in the US, but if we were to use rail transport, there
would be an elevator to get to the platf