Urban Travel, Sustainability & Accessibility

DEHUMANIZING WORDS HURT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES Caregiver = person who cares for a human being. Caretaker = person who cares for a thing....

YOU ARE NOT QUALIFIED AND MUST QUIT YOUR JOB City official: "It denies access to people with disabilities, but it technically meets cod...

IN PRESTIGIOUS "WHAT MAKES A GREAT PLACE?” SERIES PUBLISHED BY PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES I am available as a keynote speaker & work...

THAT’S A MAJOR NEWS STORY It would be nothing short of unjust, in this era of heightened awareness, to report on every aspect of inclusion  ...

THAT’S A MAJOR NEWS STORY We must press on. We must protect the ADA and hope for more. Inclusion is the name of the game in America.  Ever...

THAT’S A MAJOR NEWS STORY I am happy we have the ADA.  When it passed, did I think the built environment would be 100-fold more accessible a...

THAT’S A MAJOR NEWS STORY I hope every newspaper, from the great old newspapers of record to the smallest daily in Middle America; every tel...

THAT’S A MAJOR NEWS STORY Countless people of all ages have died of COVID in nursing homes and similar facilities — because despite being th...

THAT’S A MAJOR NEWS STORY Incredibly GOP’s standard bearer, while serving as president of the U.S., willfully mocked disabled people in fron...

THAT’S A MAJOR NEWS STORY The ADA has accomplished a lot over the three decades that it has been enforced as federal civil rights legislatio...

THAT’S A MAJOR NEWS STORY This is a problem and I worry that our national discussion about leveling the playing field for all — rarely if ev...

THAT’S A MAJOR NEWS STORY Do people suffer from housing discrimination because of race, gender, orientation?  Yes. Is there any minority (...

THAT’S A MAJOR NEWS STORY People with disabilities have long been the most unemployed and under employed of all minority groups. Less than...

THAT’S A MAJOR NEWS STORY Inequality, discrimination and bigotry — based on race, physical ability, gender, identity, belief system — denies...

THAT’S A MAJOR NEWS STORY The Americans with Disabilities Act turns 31 on July 26. For people with disabilities, the ADA is their federal ci...

VOICES OF VICTORY, CELEBRATION OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND REMAINING CHALLENGES  “I’m happy to see young folks speaking freely about disabili...

VOICES OF VICTORY, CELEBRATION OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND REMAINING CHALLENGES  “So, I filed a state civil rights complaint.  When my bos...

VOICES OF VICTORY, CELEBRATION OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND REMAINING CHALLENGES  Johnson-Wright, who has rheumatoid arthritis, started her firs...

VOICES OF VICTORY, CELEBRATION OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND REMAINING CHALLENGES  Heidi Johnson-Wright is an author, speaker and ADA compliance...

VOICES OF VICTORY, CELEBRATION OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND REMAINING CHALLENGES  Calise said the ADA has created major positive impacts in New...