Marta Russell wrote:
>> Chuck wrote:
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>> I wrote an article today on homeless organizing:
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>> D.C. Activists Win Victory for Homeless
>> http://dc.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=37559&group=webcast
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> Hey Chuck, glad to see this. One question for you -- is this school
> wheelchair accessible? Will they take disabled persons?
> Recently I ran into a fellow crip working for an Independent Living
> Center who was doing some work on the homeless issue in LA and he was
> finding that shelters are by and large not accessible to wheelchair
> users. There *are* homeless people in chairs. On top of that shelters
> were turning down disabled persons because they are "liabilities". I
> don't think the homeless advocates have addressed that one at all.
> Did you see any of that going on?
> Marta
Those are good questions, Marta. I'll bring this up with an activist friend who is working on this issue. The school has been closed for 20 years, so I would imagine that it isn't very ADA compliant.
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