This is fantastic! I find the photos exquisite, and the layout inviting. I love your introduction relating to hummingbirds. And your story about getting trapped in a bathroom clearly makes its point. I was amazed to read what the Ninth Circuit Court wrote about people who litigate for compliance with the ADA. Thank you so much for doing this!  CA

So helpful!!! And beautiful too. I am a “public” member of the 7 member Santa Barbara Access Advisory Committee appointed by our City Council. The “why lawsuits” information—fantastic. BS

I read the piece in the New York Times and I want to say THANK YOU. I wish I could look into your eyes and shake your hand. Thank you for carrying this burden for so many of us who do not have the ability or the resources to do it. Thank you for exposing yourself to criticism from people who know nothing about what they are saying. I fear that some people, I hope not many, will say things to you that are hurtful and harmful. I just want you to know that I'm out here, grateful to you for what you do and wishing you the best. There are many more people who don't have the privileges I do, to read the New York Times and write you a message on my computer at home over the internet, who would say the same. I know them. Thank you for the beautiful hummingbirds, too. This website expresses dignity and grace that reflect your own. LB

Scum like you . . . are vermin who embarrass every handicapped person relying on the ADA. VK 

As a fellow disabled human I just wanted to write and say: You’re an inspiration!!! Thank you for all the time you have put in for our community. I have had a couple ADA lawsuits myself (have CRPS/RSD) and felt alone while going through them. Reading about you makes me feel a lot less alone now! Let me know if I can help with anything, my issues are around access to bars and clubs that don’t want open toed sandals, which I have to wear due to my nerve disorder. (Closed toed shoes cause swelling and severe pain on top of the 24/7 pain.) Keep fighting the good fight!! With respect and admiration, JG

Shame on you. You are what is wrong with America. I have many family members with major disabilities. ALS and Parkinson’s. They never worked the system. . .  I remember the controversy around passing this law in 1990. You have proved those who were against it right. CR

What a great website. Not only is it very pleasing to the eye, but it is also very "accessible" and informative. The site itself stands as an accomplishment in what you are trying to promote: accessibility for the disabled. I love that you include a few of the attacks you received.  People need to hear how outrageously mean some folks can be. DW

I read the New York Times story about your case and I came to your website and I learned a lot in the article and about the obstacles you face on a daily basis. I just wanted to write a message saying I like your website and I hope better policies and better ways to mend these problems are created. I wish you and your wife a happy life and your efforts are paying off and will continue to make a difference in others’ lives! CN

God bless you, sir! I recently read about your good works in the New York Times. My fiancée has a disability. Also, a good friend of mine became disabled, as the result of a severe stroke. I once worked in vocational rehabilitation, here, in my home state. I support your efforts 100%! DS

I just read the piece on you in the NY Times. I wanted to drop you a note and tell you that I believe you and I don't think you're a villain. You are making a positive difference even though you have to work within the flawed system of enforcing ADA compliance. CN

Just finished the NY Times magazine article on you and the ADA. While very informative, I was left wondering why Congress is able to enact a law without a means to enforce it. This clearly places the burden of enforcement on those it was written to help. This wrong headed approach costs all of us: you and those like you, small businesses, and the court system. My solution would be to hire people like yourself to survey public places to identify violations and enact some means of State enforcement to effect change. This would require a budget, but at a net gain for society: it would unburden the courts, speed the adoption of ADA, reduce cost and stress for small businesses and the chair bound public while providing help and a monetary means of support for the challenged. Best of luck, RT

I just came across and read the article about you in the NY Times. Foremost, thank you for being a voice for the disabled! People form their own opinions, with no knowledge of the difficulites of being disabled. No one is enforcing ADA compliancy, especially when it comes to disablied persons. Thus, the only way to be heard is to speak out and make your (our) voices heard. AP

I broke my foot two years ago and was on crutches for a few months. During that time, I had to travel for work - including to Toronto in the winter - and being even temporarily "disabled," I thought to myself how terrible everything was for people who were permanently affected. At the airport, I was wheeled to an area in the middle of the crowded airport, where an employee left me stranded and said someone else would come get me "in the next hour." She would not give me a phone number for that person, or any other information, in case no one ever came. It was rare to be able to get in and out of a bathroom - and that was even on crutches. The "handicapped ramps" were often icy and out of the way. I'd show up every day to my job in Toronto, and the ramp would be iced over from the night before. No one would ever have gone out to put out salt -- and I was the boss. How are people treated who are not in charge? Handicapped parking spaces? They were usually full, and often nowhere near the entrance to where I needed to go. Tables at restaurants? Ridiculous trying to maneuver through tight spaces. I'd get attitude from other people, like I was an inconvenience. I'm ashamed to say that all the inequity was invisible to me before my experience breaking my foot. There was another time at the airport, where all of us traveling in a wheelchair, were brought to an area and told a transport would be there "soon" to get us. It was late at night, the airport nearly deserted. In that instance, I was vocal wanting to know more information, but I noted that the other people - who appeared to be more permanently affected - seemed to be resigned to the treatment of being an afterthought. My point is, I applaud your efforts to get places to think about accessibility. I knew I would eventually be off my crutches, but for so many, it is a permanent situation. No one should be an afterthought. I hope nothing I am saying is offensive. I am mainly wanting to offer support and say you are right.