Some of your responses to our question: Despite progress in the last two decades, what still needs to be done when it comes to accessibility for the disabled? Has it been 20 years? So much progress has been made, and so much is left to be done. It's still not at all a simple matter for someone who uses a wheelchair to participate fully in community life, and it seems that the non-disabled still must make a serious effort to allow disabled persons to move about freely, to live where they wish, to work without barriers. There is still huge resentment at what is seen as special privilege afforded to disabled people. Services for disabled adults are not embedded but are subject to budget constraints, leaving their families and caregivers to provide services that they've been doing for years and are still not-equipped to perform. Most of all, wheel-chair access
Disability - Wheelchair - Accessibility - Disabled - United States
Read »
