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Uber: Disability Laws Don’t Apply to Us
Is Uber letting its drivers dodge The Americans With Disabilities Act? Sometimes it slips Kristin Parisi’s mind that she’s disabled. After 25 years in a wheelchair—the result of a car accident when she was 5 years old—her means of transportation no longer registers as abnormal.
Colleen Starkloff
Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Starkloff Disability Institute Colleen Starkloff is a career advocate for people with disabilities. She is an expert on issues related to independent living; Universal Design, the history of disability issues, disability employment and public policy related to the disability community. As a Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Starkloff Disability Institute, […]
Karen Braitmayer
Owner, Karen Braitmayer, FAIA Appointee, U.S. Access Board Karen L. Braitmayer, FAIA, offers the unusual combination of personal experience as a lifelong wheelchair user with her professional expertise as a registered Architect. She has made accessibility consulting and design services her focus since 1990 and co-founded Studio Pacifica, Ltd. in 1993. In 2012, Studio Pacifica […]