I wanted to let you know that I am a long-time ride user. It is used by many people with disabilities for more than just medical appointments. It is used for transportation to both paid and volunteer work, transportation to the polls, grocery shopping, exercise classes, family visits (I especially like it when one elderly […]
Author Archives: Karen Carson
Wheeling along the sidewalks of Watertown
I use a wheelchair for my mobility and I currently live in wheelchair accessible housing in Watertown square. I originally thought that it would be “easy” to wheel my own chair down to the square. I was wrong. Even when I tried to stay on the sidewalks that were available, many are too narrow to […]
Emergency preparedness for all citizens
I wanted to ask what in particular, citizens with disabilities and frail elders should do in the event of another “emergency” such as happened on Friday. I realize that police and city and state officials even the FBI were involved, and everyone cooperated to the best of their ability. I spent my day at home […]
"Affordable" Housing-What's next?
I would like to find out what can be done to “save” “affordable” and (wheelchair accessible) housing. In the early 1970’s to 1980’s much of the nation’s “affordable” housing which now houses elderly, disabled and low-income families with children was built. Prospective developers got government subsidies from the tax payers (all of us) and many […]