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The local major news AM station had a piece this morning about the ADA as regards diabetics. Taking away the specificity of the piece, what stuck with me rang very true. In most civil rights cases, you have to show that discrimination exists. When it comes down to legal challenges to ADA regs, more often than not, the burden is on the disabled person to show that they are actually *disabled*. In other words, you have to prove that you have a problem before the law applies to you. This is a burden of proof that is not required of blacks or other so-called minorities. That left a pretty foul taste in my mouth.

RK, may I humbly suggest that you (with appropriate family and friend support, and video cameras running), throw yourself out of your chair and onto the space in front of the door, and attempt to crawl inside and order a hotdog?