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Bike Lanes Can Create Disability Barriers
I’m an avid bicyclist. I’ve ridden the NYC Century, the full 100-mile tour of four New York City boroughs. I pedal the 13 miles to my office in Brooklyn regularly. And I love the protected bike lanes that help me do it. But redesigning streets and parks just for bicycles can create problems for people with disabilities: parking and bus stops become inaccessible, bollards block travel for wheelchairs, or changed pedestrian patterns are…
What the ADA Means to Lawyers
It has been a month of reflections about the ADA, signed into law 30 years ago last Sunday by President George H.W. Bush. Taking in the many perspectives on what the law has and has not done, I found myself thinking about something basic, yet rarely discussed: How does the ADA affect my work as a lawyer?
Lawyers’ Duties to Clients
A lawyer’s job in an attorney-client relationship is, with few exceptions, to represent…
Community Integration
Community is a form of medicine, writes Rachel Setzer. She found healing in reconnecting with her Cherokee Ancestors’ traditions:
You are here, you are part of your community, you should be counted and cared for, and society has to be adjusted to help you get your needs met. Accommodations for your disabilities are your birthright because you were born and are still alive.
Rachel Setzer, Disability Visibility Project
Setzer challenges the “notion that one not…