Cite?
Seriosly. I think most people will back me up on this. When you start throwing words around like ‘need’ and ‘must’ you’re going to have to give us some Michigan Statutes to back them up. Honestly, when you say that 'gyms need to" and “they must offer” what you really mean is “I want them to”. Now, that’s fine. You are totally 100% allowed to want someone to do something. You can want the health club to purchase something. But when they decline to do it, that’s the end of it. You can try to come up with a compromise.* But what you can’t do is say that they MUST provide you with some form of equipment. Unless you can have something to back that statement up with, you’re doing little more then whining. You remind me of college kids who say things like “A cop has to tell you if he’s a cop” or “You have to give us a 30 minute break, it’s the law” but have never actually read the relevant law.
Jaime, I honestly suggest you start reading the law and picking through the ADA site. It’s not that difficult, every statute website that I’ve looked through typically has a search bar that usually works pretty well. You just have to make sure you understand what you’re reading and always go back to the beginning of each section and understand the definitions before you start making assumptions about what words mean.
*Not that we need you to start another thread on the subject, but a good thread might have been “I’m would like my health club to purchase this piece of equipment, but they don’t want to, can anyone help me find a solution to it?”
You might get answers like.
1))Find out WHY they don’t want it.
a)Is it because of space? Is there something unused that they could sell to make space?
b)Is it because of money? Perhaps there’s something you could do. Maybe you could offer to raise some money yourself if they’d match you dollar for dollar. Or ask to sit in on a grant process to try to get federal money for it (honestly, a wheelchair bound bodybuilder would probably help the cause). Or maybe you could drum up some more members who would be willing to use it.
2)Tough
3)Purchase your own and use it at your leisure.
4)Vote with your money and join a club that does have one