For Immediate Release People with disabilities will be rallying for access to services provided by the Seymour Post Office from 10:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, May 13, 2015, due to the Postmaster’s failure and refusal to provide equal access … Continue reading
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Disability Rights Advocates, advocates from the Center for Disability Rights, and others invite you to participate in a rally from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, May 13, 2015, to get the USPS to open an access point for disabled people … 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
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
Connecticut’s cities and towns are supposed to provide equal access to public buildings for disabled citizens, however wheelchair-bound Seymour resident Joseph Luciano says his hometown is still missing crucial basics. Just to get to town hall, Luciano says he puts … Continue reading
What’s it like “street-riding” a motorized wheelcahir or “powerchair”? Short answer in five words: terrifying, scary, nerve-wracking, tense, daunting. I would have added nail-biting, but a stroke left me with use of only one leg and one hand. The latter … Continue reading