'My mobility is powered by my scooter but slowed down by an inaccessible world. Thirty years after it passed in 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act, is an empty promise,' writes Amy Kenny
“Beep beep.” The high-pitched alarm knotted my empty stomach. Something was wrong with my mobility scooter, just as I was hurrying through downtown Los Angeles to beat the Sunday morning rush at Eggslut. I dreaded it was the battery, but didn’t want to admit it to myself. “I just charged you,” I scoffed under my breath. My stomach was growling for the bacon brioche I’d been salivating for since waking up that morning in November.
not built for wheelchair users, and by the lack of wheelchair repair stores. There’s a Starbucks on every corner but no mobility batteries to be found. Coffee is not the type of fuel I need.
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