The ramp exists. It just doesn't go where the stairs go. When the accessible entrance is around the back, through the alley, past the dumpsters — accessibility becomes a euphemism...
Published Work
When cities are designed without disabled people in mind, the result isn't just physical exclusion — it's stolen time. I spent six months tracking every minute the built environment took...
My wheelchair isn't the problem. The city is. After mapping navigation barriers across twelve neighborhoods, we found wheelchair users travel significantly farther than walking routes—a hidden cost that affects everything...