Madison launches campaign to make Downtown more accessible to people with disabilities
Madison launches campaign to make Downtown more accessible to people with disabilities
By Shelley Mesch, Wisconsin State Journal
“Downtown Madison Inc. and the city of Madison’s Disability Rights Commission are partnering in an effort to make the city’s Downtown more accessible to people with disabilities.
The commission Friday launched its Access Madison campaign, which will seek to alleviate problems, identified in a DMI report, that affect people with disabilities when they visit Downtown.
DMI, along with the nonprofit Access to Independence, gathered feedback last year on accessibility in public spaces and Downtown from about 90 people in the community with disabilities. The report found accessibility challenges in mobility, public transportation, private businesses, community events, parks and open spaces and semi-public spaces, including buildings owned by the state, city and UW-Madison…”