http://www.insiderexclusive.com/show-content/375-american-disabilities-act-problems-florence-kulbs-story.html
Oppression is omnipresent among people with disabilities. It's
interwoven in their daily lives. They breathe, sleep and work with it
as if it were natural.The fight for accessible public transportation
seems to have been the crucible for the disability rights movement for
much of the last two decades. Advocates thought that accessible
transportation would be the key to free disabled people and to
mainstream them in society.
When the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act passed, mandating that all
public buses and trains be made accessible, Americans with Disabilities
celebrated this new legislation.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) guarantees that people with
disabilities have the same access to public services such as
transportation as people without disabilities. To make bus service
available to those with disabilities, many City transit authorities have
equipped their buses with wheelchair lifts and other special devices.
Public transit authorities also provide ADA paratransit service for
those disabled persons who are unable to travel using the fixed route
bus service. The ADA paratransit service provides both curb-to-curb
service and door-to-door services.
The spirit of the ADA is all about equal access and leveling the playing
field so that Disabled persons no longer have to sit on the sidelines.
But 21 years after the law was passed, we still see horror stories of a
"Well-Intended Plan that sometimes goes horribly wrong"Today the INSIDER
EXCLUSIVE "Goes Behind The Headlines" to share one of those horror
stories in "AMERICAN DISABILITIES ACT PROBLEMS- Florence Kulb's Story",
and to expose where the ADA's Paratransit Program went horribly wrong
in Philadelphia.And how Florence Kulb's lawyer, Robert Huber, Ptr Huber
& Palsir successfully represented Florence to get her the justice
she deserved. Robert's goals..... Not ONLY To get Justice for his
Florence... BUT To make sure that similar incidents don't ever happen
again, anywhere in America. If you have a compelling story that you
believe deserves National TV exposure, please contact us.
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