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Anna Zivarts, program director, Disability Mobility Initiative at Disability Rights Washington, is author of the Island Press book “When Driving Is Not an Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency.”
Zivarts, a low-vision mom and nondriver who was born with
the neurological condition nystagmus, cautions planners from using “check the
box” disability inclusion — inviting one person with a disability and assuming
that meets all needs.
“If you know someone in a wheelchair, that doesn’t mean
you know what a low-vision person needs or what a neurodiverse needs,” she
said.
“If a low-income blind person can’t afford Uber or Lyft,
you are going to have a very different context than someone who is blind but
works in tech and can afford Uber/Lyft to commute to work.”
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