City of Lawrence
”I applaud the team of city staff, led by Evan Korynta, … for the considerable work that went into this (ADA Right-of-Way Transition) plan, and our city commissioners who have the courage and foresight to fund it,” Dot Nary writes in this column.
Members of a Lawrence band that uses adaptive technology to make music on iPads are being recognized by the state for their work exploring music-making across abilities.
”Despite our living with multiple surgical scars … the more serious scars are the emotional ones that we as disabled people have experienced due to discrimination,” Dot Nary writes in this column.
Kansans with intellectual or developmental disabilities are eligible for Medicaid-funded support waivers that cover a variety of needed services, such as in-home care, but they face wait times that can last more than 10 years.
Karrie Shogren, who has spent the past two decades researching how to break down barriers to self-determination within the disability community, will present her first distinguished professor lecture on Thursday.
”Many would be surprised to learn of the rights that the ADA protects and of the far-reaching effect of this law on the lives of people of all disability types and life stages,” Dot Nary writes in this column.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
As the city proposes spending $2 million on a new homeless programs department, some people experiencing homelessness, local advocates and the owner of a nearby business have expressed ongoing concerns about the city’s handling of the campsite in North Lawrence.
Molly Adams/Lawrence Times
Middle and high schoolers and their supporters brought their school spirit to Lawrence High School on Wednesday to celebrate athletes of all abilities during the fourth annual Pat Grzenda Triathlon.
Molly Adams/Lawrence Times
When Cherin Russell returned to college in the spring of 2020, she wondered whether she could find success as a 30-year-old nontraditional undergraduate student at the University of Kansas.
A chosen book and sculpture as well as an upcoming exhibition through KU Libraries aim to foster learning and discussion of disabled people’s experiences. Reyma McCoy Hyten, a disability activist, will speak at the exhibition’s opening reception.
