Detroit News Articles

[Michigan]

I couldn't believe it several articles in the Detroit News about the lack of access for the disabled.
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage

 

[MidgeD79]

Here in MOnroe the suit was brought up against the city by a woman in a wheelchair who was employed by a downtown merchant. There is a 1 hour limit for parking downtown and she reused to leave her employment in her wheelchair and move her car. She recieved multiple tickets, explained to the court why and they refused to see her side of the story..hence the lawsuit. I think it was settled this past summer details not to be disclosed.

 

[SueM in MN]

Very interesting articles. Thanks for sharing.
One of the probelms I've seen is people who don't really know what is needed are often the ones doing self assessments for buildings to decide if they are accessible. We've called hotels to check whether they were accessible only to find one or 2 steps to get in (and no way around the steps. When we indicated this was NOT wheelchair accessible, the clerk's response was that it wasn't a flight of stairs, so he thought we could manage.