ADA compliant

I am a 64-year-old woman and disabled. I travel with a scooter or wheelchair in my accessible van. I am looking for jobs that will allow me to go into stores and restaurants to check if they are ADA compliant and how they treat the disabled,

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I haven't seen any such shops. I think it's because establishments could be sued if they're not ADA (American disability act) compliant.

However, that doesn't keep you from just doing regular mystery shops. Give it a shot you'll probably enjoy it.
The only ADA compliance shops that I can ever remember seeing were for K-Mart in 2009 or so. They didn't last long and I can't recall seeing any since then. If you are in an area with Kroger stores, they would seem to be an option since supermarkets in my area (no Kroger stores and the supermarket chains in my area stopped doing mystery shops in early COVID days) generally provide motorized shopping carts, so your scooter would work for you.

I suggest that you also look for telephone and internet shops that you can do from home. Other reasonable shops that come to mind would be visiting banks. I can tell you that many business compliance (with financial aspects, not ADA aspects) would be challenging or impossible and the shops clearly state that the MSC can not guarantee easy access. You might want to consider mattress store shops, but only you know how easy (or hard) it would be for you to lay on and evaluate multiple mattresses.

Shopping Southeast Pennsylvania, Delaware above the canal, and South Jersey since 2008
EPMS (Ellis) has apartment shops where you ask ADA compliance questions. Also Fair Housing Act questions. You might look into those.
You might also contact local lawyers. Some have programs specifically for that in order to generate lawsuits.
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