Roth emphasizes that climate change
adaptation is a great opportunity for communities to
invest in housing, transportation, community resources,
parks, pools, roads, sidewalks and major
infrastructure that are fully accessible to people with
disabilities.
“There is an obligation to make
(facilities and infrastructure) accessible. It is hard to understand
why people would balk at that,” she noted of public and
private sector planners, architects and engineers that push
back against universal design.
“First, they have a
legal obligation.
Second, it’s the right thing to do.
Third, it’s a smart business practice because you want all of your
community
to access resources with as little (extra)
accommodation as possible.”
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