Manuel Silva has not let being a quadriplegic stop him from living life to the fullest and becoming a great dad. He and his wife, Kristine, said they are too busy raising their two boys, Jason, 14, and Daniel (Danny), … Continue reading
Category Archives: accessibility
Proceeds will benefit development of a new, fully handicap-accessible Heritage Rose Garden at Elizabeth Park, Hartford and other Connecticut Valley Garden Club projects. Past garden club projects have included Sunrise Overlook at Elizabeth Park, the Hill-Stead Museum Sunken Garden with … Continue reading
The town will receive a $200,000 boost from the state to make several deteriorating sidewalks around town handicapped accessible. First Selectman Kurt Miller said the $200,000 Small Town Economic Assistance Program, or STEAP, grant, will enable the town to continue … Continue reading
Officials across Connecticut have seen the population’s future, and they say it’s getting grayer by the day. Residents, representatives of nonprofits and elected officials Wednesday discussed the livability of communities in general and Seymour in particular during a program at … Continue reading
Disabled travelers should find it easier to access airline websites under a new set of rules the government issued on Monday. Airline website pages which have core travel information and services must be accessible to the disabled within two years, … Continue reading
Disney theme parks are ending a policy that allowed the disabled to get “instant access” to rides, instead of waiting in line. Under the current policy, visitors can get a guest assistance card that gives quicker access to them. There … Continue reading
A partially paralyzed man is suing Delta Airlines, claiming he was forced to crawl on and off his flights and across the tarmac because he wasn’t provided with the equipment he needed to board and exit the plane, according to … Continue reading
The XL Center has modified interior doors so they take less force to open, lowered vending machines so they are easier to reach, altered bathroom fixtures, and lowered baby-changing stations to help settle a complaint that the building was not … Continue reading
With only scrap lumber and a sketch, 19 carpentry students from Wilcox Technical High School in Meriden constructed a new wheelchair accessible kitchen for Joe Luciano, 74, who lost the use of his left leg and arm following a stroke … Continue reading
Sometimes, implementing wide-reaching social change takes surprisingly few materials. With just a handful of bike gears, MIT professor Amos Winter is hoping to change the developing world forever. Winter is the inventor of the Leveraged Freedom Chair (LFC). It is … Continue reading