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For folks with mobility impairments, navigating the crumbling sidewalks of North Adams is like “driving a curler coaster”
NORTH ADAMS Ronald Sheldon plans his routes in and round downtown based mostly not on pace, however on the standard of the pavement. It’s important to,” she stated. “I do not need to find yourself within the hospital.” Sheldon, 68, navigates North Adams utilizing a motorized wheelchair, and stated it is troublesome for him and different disabled folks to navigate the crumbling areas of the town’s sidewalks. Ronald Sheldon makes use of an electrical wheelchair and says navigating North Adams’ damaged and uneven sidewalks, like this one on Lincoln Avenue, is troublesome and harmful. He’s a member of the town’s incapacity fee and is advocating for the town to make…
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The R-3 program helps college students with disabilities acquire independence
Till a 12 months in the past, 19-year-old Brad Davidson, who was recognized with autism, hid from folks to keep away from conversing with them. Now he likes to be round folks and speak to them. Nathan Jewell, who simply turned 20, has additionally been recognized with autism, in addition to obsessive-compulsive dysfunction. He has encephalopathy and is semi-verbal and used to get away from college and was identified to have aggressive outbursts many instances a day. Now he can go grocery procuring along with his mother with out having a meltdown, and he might be trusted to run unsupervised errands on the college workplace. Each college students are thriving…