Description
"Ghettoization" is the process by which people with disabilities are segregated into small areas of something resembling accessibility and denied the right to travel out of those zones. McQueeney Towers, a public housing facility that "has some ADA compliant units, is 3/4 ghettoized.
Residents may not safely access the public seating area across the street, which is also in front of a school. Apparently, the goal was to injure everyone equally, regardless of demographic.
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David Agosta (Utilisateur inscrit)
To the west of that "ADA-complaint" public housing facility, Audubon street is one long ADA violation on both sides that forces people who use walkers to wobble on loose paving blocks and navigate the numerous trip hazards at ever grate on the street (because the bricks have sunken to create those hazards.
Notably, this work was done after the 2010 ADA design specifications were released - and completely ignored..
David Agosta (Utilisateur inscrit)
David Agosta (Utilisateur inscrit)
David Agosta (Utilisateur inscrit)
Finally, to the south, there are trips hazards and no tactile feedback pad, because the city ignored the alteration requirements of the ADA when it repaved Wall St.
Designating McQueeney Towers as "ADA-complaint" reveals a lack of understanding of the meaning of the term "ADA-compliant.' It does not mean "segregated."
(there are luxury apartments to the east, so those sidewalks, and the economic discrimination that appears to drive these decision are perfect)
Department of Services for Persons with Disabilities (Membre officiel vérifié)
Westvillian (Utilisateur inscrit)
and stacked them in the middle of the Plaza. Last year this resulted in the bricks being stacked into tall towers and then knocked over, bricks all around presenting a tripping hazard, and eventually a number of bricks going missing.
David Agosta (Utilisateur inscrit)
Westvillian (Utilisateur inscrit)
David Agosta (Utilisateur inscrit)
It is an ongoing game. Public Works doesn't give a blank about the safety of the students or the residents of the "ADA compliant" public housing facility across the street who feel that the open areas left when the bricks are removed is safer than loose bricks that are not as noticeable.
The problem here is that this administration and the Dept. of Public Works doesn't care about the safety of students or people who are elderly and/or disabled. Please direct your justifiable indignation at those responsible.
Killian Gruber, Coordinator of Resident Services (Membre officiel vérifié)
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