Benches Would Help Access to BMS
Living with a physical handicap is tough.
Stairs are difficult, sometimes walking from point A to B takes planning and help certain activities are beyond participation. Society needs to do all it can to help.
Editorial
— From the Staff
In the Handicapped Parking Laws for the State of Connecticut, it says “State law uses the federal criteria for defining limitation in ability to walk (23 CFR 1235 .2). Under these criteria, someone is limited in his or her ability to walk if a physician determines that he or she cannot walk 200 feet without resting.”
We have ramps and we have handicap elevators. We do an admirable job of providing access in the building. However, we need a bench in between the handicap spots and the school front doors for users of those spots to rest.
The bench is needed because the people who have handicapped permits need a resting place every 200 feet.
It is important for the schools to set the tone of pro handicap facilities and help parents and grandparents who need help getting to our front doors.
LILY • Dec 15, 2015 at 10:57 am
Great article… the PTA has also suggested getting some benches in the front of the school… Thanks for doing all the legal research.