In twenty three pages the oppressiveness and added burden the Americans with Disabilities Act places on small businesses is discussed. There are ten bibliographic sources cited.
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is an outgrowth of Knoxville Gymnastics located in Knoxville, Tennessee. A small, one-location business whose purpose is to train highly athletic cheerleaders, Premier boasts more than 23 national championships
for its commitment to excellence. Advanced Premier cheerleaders lead the country in their athletic and gymnastic abilities: winning routines are filled with aerial stunts, stylized dance segments, back
handsprings, layouts, tucks and full back twists that extend to doubles and even triples. Cheerleading is an expensive proposition for participants. Uniforms
costing more than $400 provide only the beginning point. Regional competitions are required for appearance at national ones, typically held in Dallas and Disney World annually. Travel costs
are high, registration costs are as well. Premier seeks to keep costs as low as possible so as not to further marginalize talented individuals for whom financial obligations are
oppressive. Many team members participate simply because they have talent and enjoy cheering as a sport; others families make extensive sacrifices in hopes of winning full athletic scholarships.
In this environment where sweat is standard and team members spend as much time upside down and in the air as their do on
their feet, Premier maintains three handicapped parking spaces outside the front door. The gym is cramped; parking capacity is approximately two-thirds of what it needs to be to accommodate
team members cars. While three spaces taking the room of five sit empty, five cars line the shoulder of a busy highway nearly every day of the week.
Premier does serve a handicapped segment, however. It has the only known structured, competing special needs team in the nation. None of