tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post6698845396651379469..comments2024-03-16T16:44:18.220-07:00Comments on Bad Cripple: Accessible NYC Cabs: TLC is Opposedwilliam Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00223601480542461802noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-6507044120396183722013-01-16T04:08:27.512-08:002013-01-16T04:08:27.512-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09200289760854515662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-60091265841849120232010-12-11T00:39:10.235-08:002010-12-11T00:39:10.235-08:00A young physically disabled married woman with 2 s...A young physically disabled married woman with 2 school age children approached me 25 years ago since the public library forced her enter the library with her children through the back entrance. Stairs were the only method of entry in the front. To gain access for just one book for her children's school project, this woman had to drive through a narrow passageway to the back of the library, ring a bell and wait in all types of weather for up to a half hour to enter said library. I asked one of the library staff who I personally knew why. The reply I received was to the effect, "She can wait in the snow and ice. Someone will answer the bell and let her in when they get around to it,".<br />My mobility was better then.<br />I sort of used unconventional methods of conveying the necessity of a ramp in FRONT of this library. Letters were not working. I was not the only person using unconventional, yet legal, methods to fight for the ramp. Within five years, construction of the FRONT ramp began. <br />Of course by now said ramp has been beautified, steps rarely in use by all patrons of said library.<br />How many more crappy buses, makeshift ramps,insults, and unconventional devious methods must the physically and mentally challenged endure?<br />I am getting older now. <br />I am tired of whipping out the U.S. Constitution and saying, "Read this. Nowhere in the U.S. Constitution does it state that a physically and/or mentally challenged person does not have equal rights".Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13755018867446972946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-69595561214001279502010-12-10T12:35:50.034-08:002010-12-10T12:35:50.034-08:00William,
Nowhere in the U.S. Constitution have I b...William,<br />Nowhere in the U.S. Constitution have I been able to find it written that U.S. citizen can be denied equal transportation due to physical or mental disability.<br />I wonder if you have entertained the idea of pursuing this issue as Larry Flynt did for his right to freedom of expression.<br />All it would take is a 15 minute course for all cab drivers to learn how to put a wheelchair in the trunk...if that long!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13755018867446972946noreply@blogger.com