Posts tagged Disabilities
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Do Something: The week of April 29, 2024
This week: the trouble with tax credits, affordable homes for people with disabilities, and see you at one of our DC happy hours in May??? Keep reading…
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I live with PTSD in DC. The city both helped and endangered me.
Housing, good transit, and kind neighbors helped Dave Murphy weather mental health struggles, but the District’s default crisis response actually made matters worse. Keep reading…
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How a new transit app for the blind could improve everyone’s rider experience
A new phone-based way-finding service might seem like a modest improvement at first, but it represents a major technological breakthrough that will benefit anyone who’s ever struggled to find the right train platform at an unfamiliar station — and it’s an even more significant breakthrough for the blind community. Keep reading…
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How the 7000-series train outage makes Metro less accessible
Metro’s 7000-series trains have a number of features that make them more accessible to people with disabilities. Now they’re out of service for the foreseeable future, leaving Metro less accessible than it was before. Keep reading…
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255 households are on the waiting list for ADA-compliant housing in DCHA-managed properties
Housing and disability rights advocates have long faulted DCHA for a lack of responsiveness to requests for information as well as to residents’ needs. The failings, they say, make it even more difficult for people with disabilities and seniors to live in public housing as well as to navigate the system itself. Keep reading…
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Accessible transit signage can work for everyone. Here’s how.
Accessible transit signage for everyone is not an insurmountable task, and in many places, it’s done quite well. If transit agencies focus on improving six areas—adequacy, lighting and placement, text, colors, words and graphics, and modes—transit has a much better chance of being accessible to all. Keep reading…
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People around the region react to the possibility of more severe cuts to Metro
News of drastic cuts to WMATA’s budget Monday night left many transit riders in the Washington region reeling, with many saying the service cuts would deeply affect their daily lives. Keep reading…
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13 riders reveal their journeys of cycling with disabilities, discrimination, and difference
Some of the most intimidating barriers to enjoying cycling have less to do with non-existent bike lanes and hulking SUVs, and more to do with the kinds of bodies our cycling culture is built to suit — and in a new online speaker series, 13 riders shared stories of how disability, discrimination, and differences have shaped the way they ride. Keep reading…
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National links: Can the built environment be repurposed for all bodies?
How to recreate space in the built environment for people with disabilities. How the service industry is in peril because of empty central business districts. Is pedestrian infrastructure just performative, and more in this week’s National links. Keep reading…
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How accessible is Metro anyway?
Much more needs to be done to make local rail and bus systems truly accessible. For example, Metro’s 7000-series trains still have a dangerous gap between the cars that a blind man fell through in 2016, and more than half of local bus stops aren’t reachable to people using wheelchairs. Keep reading…