IS ENSURING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT IS ACCESSIBLE AND INCLUSIVE TO ALL
These are
the saddest urban photos I’ve ever shared.
When your
city/county allows sidewalks to be obstructed, broken, too narrow — you get a
wheelchair user rolling in dangerous traffic.
It’s risk
death in the street or die in isolation at home.
This
shameful scene in on NW 17 St. in Miami.
People with disabilities NEVER are pathetic.
The way we create a built environment that
excludes them is pathetic, ableist and toxic.
Most municipalities never conduct a Universal Design audit of their sidewalks.
Sometimes I
think city officials would rather have people with disabilities stay home &
out of sight — rather than demand the access + inclusion that is their basic
civil right.
Cities don’t
want to inventory inaccessible sidewalks because then they’d have to spend $ to
fix them.
The active
person in my photos, who uses a wheelchair for mobility, does not have a death
wish.
He went back
on the sidewalk as soon as it became accessible.
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