every public accommodation needs to be wheelchair-accessible. there are also other other forf disability. most of the issues we are hearing about are wheelchair accessibility issues. there is a small group of private individuals who are wheelchair-down that go around the city and they look at small businesses. and i dare say anybody in small restaurants have some accessibility issues. it is another attempt at making your building wheelchair accessible. i am not sure which of you may be merchants and which it may be landlords. the law applies to both. and that means you were 100% liable for any barriers to access and any damages that may be associated with those barriers. there are ways you can defend yourself. with your landlord or at senate -- or a tenant, this can avoid a lot of problems later on. the inspections offer a limited attempt at bringing a civil action for damages. it does not affect the ability to bring damage claims under the symbol laws. however, most lawyers -- they will not pursue the case. so, oftentimes, it works it to stop t

i am not looking forward to having to go over a bar in a wheelchair. blocks to the gates is at 5 feet. i am the only one who has eight key -- a key. nobody can get into the gate unless they have a key from the outside. i do not own a car. i be needing help -- i will be needing help. even though -- it is not always open on time and the drivers are unable to pick me up. the same thing with the groceries. i have to load and unload to the front door. at this point, it is workable. i am on a monthly chemos schedule. i get sick quite often, so there are two or three or five-day periods when i cannot leave my apartment. it would be nice to have a safer and easier access to the back door. my oncologist, we saw a slight shrinkage of my tumor. it would down about a third of a centimeter. that is over the last eight months of keynote. my general blood of -- that is over the last eight months of chemotherapy. she is going to put me on hold after a year of chemotherapy. that is why this is a three-year process. the gate is not a bad idea. it is nice to have a safe

general with a stolen wheelchair.e aware of the shopping carts disappear from supermarkets and many and a book like this. there are hundreds of shopping carts being used by non shoppers but i was surprised to hear about wheelchair's. this this wheelchair has a medical company sticker on it. i call the company and they said it apparently walked away from somewhere. i asked the user of the chair where she got it. she said she founded a few months ago and has been using it ever since. for the record i x not saying that any wheelchairs' wall or rolled away illegally but it is important to know that like the shopping carts that are roaming around the city, they are costing us money. the average cost of a wheelchair is around $200 which will reflect the higher medical bills. did you happen to stumble across a wheelchair that has the medical facilities name on it, but dropped that a line. maybe, they can get it back. >> budget woes are delaying obverse of funding for veterans. a new facility in california and we will explain

i believe the property owners would be open to how to make that wheelchair accessible. but looking at the elevator, i do not see how a wheelchair could fit into it. >> a lot of times, these doors are installed. they come with a bar across the bottom to be able to hold the frame. once it is installed, those bars are cut off. you might check into that, too. >> certainly. >> i have a couple questions. not having seen the elevator in question, but i would agree that it may not comply with current regulations, but one could fold a wheelchair and access it in order to utilize i am assuming the capacity is more than one person. i would not foreclose that as a possible way for an individual who has a ambulatory limitations to get up to their floor. the other question i have relates to the key. how many people in the building have keys? >> to my knowledge, i believe it is just ms. utt and another tenant who requested vicky. >> why wouldn't the keys -- requested a key. >> with the building owner be willing to allow keys being copied in order to accommodate an assistant for these

this wheelchair has a medical companies sticker.sked the user of the chair where she got it and she said she founded a few months ago and had been using it ever since. for the record, i am not saying that any of the wheelchairs' i am showing rocked for all the way from any medical facilities but just like the shopping carts, they are costing us money. the average cost of a wheelchair is somewhere around $200 which will reflect in higher medical bills. if you happen to stumble across a wheelchair, and drop the medical facility a line. >>catherine: if you have a comment or story idea, even all of us. usa basketball is flexing its muscle. usa basketball is flexing its muscle. gary look at you guys with your fancy-schmancy u-verse high speed internet. you know, in my day, you couldn't just start streaming six ways to sunday. you'd get knocked off. and sometimes it took a minute to download a song. that's sixty second, for crying out loud! we know how long a minute is. [ sighs ] sitting, waiting for an album to download. i still have bac

he didn't want to be seen in a conventional wheelchair, hospital type wheelchair because he didn't want to be thought of as a cripple. so he sat in a wheelchair and was pushed along in the kitchen chair. you could see the kitchen chair at the roosevelt memorial here in washington. one of the statues shows him sitting in and you see the wheels on the kitchen share below. barry honest portrait of roosevelt sculptured that way. at bethesda naval hospital they were appalled at his condition. the young doctor from columbia presbyterian in new york who was then a lieutenant commander in the navy was called in as a heart surgeon to look him over and he said roosevelt, very bad shape in beat. he may not live out the year unless something is done. the only thing we can do for high blood pressure is digita s digitalis. things have changed a great deal since 1944. he was put on digitalis. he has to be cut down to one cocktail a day. he loved his martinis. he would have children's power which was 5:00. traditionally many adults within the -- would send the children out when they had their 5:00 drin

six this wheelchair has a medical company sticker on it. >> the average cost of a wheelchair is somewhereround $200 which will reflected higher medical bills. if you happen to stumble across a wheelchair that has the medical facility name on the thomas case drop them a lines. fa+ >>catherine: if you have a comment or story idea for stanley, e-mail us. look at you guys with your fancy-schmancy u-verse high speed internet. you know, in my day, you couldn't just start streaming six ways to sunday. you'd get knocked off. and sometimes it took a minute to download a song. that's sixty second, for crying out loud! we know how long a minute is. [ sighs ] sitting, waiting for an album to download. i still have back problems. you're only 14 and a half. he doesn't have back problems. you kids have got it too good if you ask me. [ male announcer ] now u-verse high speed internet has more speed options, reliability, and ways to connect. rethink possible. >>catherine: wall street did come bouncing back today giving the dow its best day this month. the dow jumped 204. . the nasdaq gained 42 ended the a

would you able -- be able to sit in a wheelchair? >> i have not tested a wheelchair. i am not in one yet. there is a lot of us you can get in the elevator. there's a lot of big furniture. it has not been a problem with so that people who have come in so far with walkers. the wide ones with the bars. i am worried about my driver is to pick me up on a consistent basis so some mornings it's great but it is not open, maybe a 40 5:00 a.m. in the morning, how can i get them to try to pull out in the alley? my friends have given up on it and still parked in the bus stop. they're tired of trying to attempt that. i hae a lot -- have a lot of drivers and a lot of help. medical was approved a few -- medi-cal was approved a few weeks ago. thank you. >> do you have a rebuttal? >> i just wanted to conclude by repeating the fact that the initial intended use of the alley was never to be a loading zone or parking zone. if there are cars parked there loading and unloading, they can prevent emergency vehicles from accessing the alley which was its intended purpose. i believe that some

i'll keep their wheelchairs clean.rd, push them back. >> but at the end of the day, armstrong still faces the grinding monotony of life in a small two-man cell. >> the emotional toll here, it's like water torture. i compare it to that. every day it's like a drip, drip, drip. beat it -- beats you down emotionally. if i got out of here tomorrow, i know i would not come back. i honestly say if i got there tomorrow i know i would not come back. i don't deserve to come back tomorrow. i can honestly tell you, unless i go to the parole board and i'm 43, i would tell them, i don't deserve to be back out there because i took a life. karma really has something to give me, i'm going to take it. >> armstrong may be killing time behind bars, but he hasn't lost his passion for current events. >> i read newspapers, magazines. i get "tv guide," "xxl," "rolling stone," "newsweek," "blender." i get nine periodicals. i was going to major in english and political science. if i didn't make it in basketball, i wanted to be a political colum

he has cerebral palsy, uses a motorized wheelchair and needs more space to get around.amily, and church community are coming to the to rise money to rebuild another part of the home. take it away. >> reporter: the fundraiser is taking place here and in this italian restaurant. the search sponsoring the event is the bethany community church and we're going to introduce to you two people. and he has cerebral palsy and will tell you in a heart beat, he doesn't see himself as having a disability and he's a regular person. they live in the small one- story house, but he spends a lot of time bumping into walls. it's hard to maneuver around in the kitchen or use the bathroom. he's been sleeping in his wheelchair because it's too difficult for miss mother to lift him into bed and has strained her back doing. that the friends have. braced their family and are holding the fund raiser to get $150,000 to add an edition to their house to make it more wheelchair accessible. >> and this is to raise money and that is -- to lycomfortably, you know. and without hesitation. um, and to wal

. >> he isus wheelchair doing do nuts around the riot police. >>> it's that one music video with thatumber one song. so, see if you are like the guys in this video, >>> all right, time for another edition of rtm. you have a great one. >> we, ed bassmaster. this guy is funny. he is in public, and he is dragging his put along, scratching his butt like a dog. >> what's the matter? >> it itches? >> i have a cool one to watch. it's called tip tricks. it was a submission for the 30 second video competition. >> how is he doing that? weird. just go to our website and click on best of rtm. >>> protests continue in recession plaged spain. a lot of the images we have seen have been violent. this guy decided to add a little humor. >> he's just in his wheelchair doing donuts around the riot police. >> yes, he decided to weave in and out, and he is being dubbed mr. crazy chair. >> i like him, because clearly he was able to lighten up the mood in the crowd. you can hear everybody cheering him on. why are they protesting here? >> this week it began because of the coal mining industries. there are pro

it was discovered that he was sleeping sitting up in his wheelchair. >> reporter: decided it was timeo step in. >> we are hoping a lot of the cost can be done with gifts in kind if contractors donate labor. >> reporter: church members who practice what they preach held this fundraiser at the salute italian restaurant on main street. they are hoping to raise enough money to break ground soon so they can transform brent's home. >> this part will be like his own apartment. it will have a roll-in shower. it will have a large bedroom that can handle his walker. >> reporter: everybody will be happy. it is nice to have good friend. >> in laurel, careen gray houston, fox 5 news. >> if you would like to dope ate, we have posted the information on myfoxdc.com. >> great effort by the people in the community as well. >> absolutely. >> let's talk a little basketball. they are known as the dream team. >> the new dream team. >> not the old one. but for a while last night, it look i had like they were about to have a nightmare. >> team usa with tough competition at the verizon center with the first f

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but what about miss wheelchair u-s-a? title in a competition that focuses on the accomplishments of women with disabilities. tashaschuh never imagined she would be a participant -- let alone the winner -- of a beauty pageant. fifteen years ago -- during a high school theater production -- tasha took one step that changed her life. during a scene change -- she fell backward through a trap door and landed 16 feet below the stage... leaving her a quadriplegic with limited arm function and paralyzed from the chest down.she says her new title comes with much more than a crown. "really this program is all about empowering women, the self-worth in women and just showing the achievements that can be accomplished even if you are sitting in a wheelchair." schuh is writing a book called, "the last step backward." she expects it to be out in the fall. 3 3 3 when. news breaks, access the latest information right on your cell phone./ download the fox45 mobile news app for your droid or i-phone../ it has headlines traffic and weather co

he had spinal surgery on his back and is down to a wheelchair. he found a new home in june 2010, where he currently resides, a one-story building that is handicapped accessible. he has lived here since then. on march 9, 2012, you see the letter that was given to him regarding the graffiti -- he never knew of any past graffiti or any problems. it is not very hard to see because we're looking at the from the building and this is very easy. he sent a letter regarding this saying that he was trying to appeal this. this is from april 17, with this citation. he sent a notice on april 19 trying to appeal this. he was not living at this address. this brings us to today. i just want to show couple of pictures. this is 1813 fulton -- fulton street, right across -- from the connecting building. and 1511 ninth ave. you can see that these buildings are very clean. he always takes care of getting the violations cleaned up because -- >> thank you very much. the next speaker? and are there any other members of the public who wish to speak on this hearing? at thi

. >>> the leading national retailer is being accused of discriminating against people in wheelchairs. today a class-action lawsuit was filed against wal-mart by two bay area women who have mobility disabilities. they say that wal-mart keeps its atm machines out of the reach of people in wheelchairs or those who need scooters. wal-mart says, quote, our goal is that every point-of-sale machine be accessible within the regulations and guidelines of the americans with disabilities act and california law. >>> the california department of public health has opened a fremont warehouse to shut down after inspectors discovered a rodent infestation. the factory on kato road was ordered to close a few weeks ago. the facility processes tea, herbs and spices. they are working with the factory on a recall. >>> welcome home and into the arms of a loving wife. >> the first time i came home, i kept it low key. this time i knew she had something planned. >> the special salute for this sergeant first class who just returned home following back-to- back tours of duty in iraq and afghanistan. >>> a lot of

she's now several years older and is able to get around with the use of a little power wheelchair. she's smart as the dickens. and i think again it gets back to some of peter's comments that it is a cruel disease in some ways because these children are so smart it doesn't affect the brain. but it does zap their energy and motor function. >> rose: let me turn to griffen now. we're again pleased to have you here, griffen. >> thank you. >> rose: tell me about you and your life experience and coming to discover you had this disease. >> well, my life wasn't much different than anybody else. i was just as strong as everybody else growing up. but like at around 8 or so i was falling more and i wasn't as fast as everybody. and restarted noticing something was up so we went to the doctor and found out. but before that i was just a normal kid. >> rose: what did the doctor tell you. >> at first they didn't really know what it was. they were just trying to find out, running many tests. and like they were afraid of some things that it could bement when we found out t wasn't that bad. >> rose: a

i went and saw her and basically she is in a new wheelchair. she can mechanically operate. it's really interesting, at first she had it on turtle speed. i took her down to the gymnasium and she did about five laps around the gym. by the time we left the gym, she had it on rabbit speed. she's going to be like earnhardt at talladega. >> i like the image. what exactly is the goal of the rehab. for many of our viewers that have been following this step by step, for those who haven't, this is really just her learning to move within the wheelchair before she gets any sort of prosthetics, right? >> that's exactly right, erin. it's just for her to learn how to maneuver herself from the bed to the wheelchair or from the bed -- or from the wheelchair to the toilet, how to, you know, take care of her personal needs as far as brushing her hair, brushing her teeth. to do all of those things without pros thesis first. and then she'll get the pros thesis and do those things at that time. >> andy, let me ask you a difficult question about obviously what's happened to far has been shocking

he was in a wheelchair, as you know. this was where he stayed.ip in the navy with a bathtub. past, present and future. president roosevelt took a bath in this bathtub. in the '80 they retro fitted the ship and these are for anti-aircraft and we could bombard the shore, too. they would fire 15 rounds a minute. here's one of her guns. 16 inch in diameter. i could fit in there. each one of these barrels, 67 feet long. fire a projectile 24 miles. one day i fired the guns, too. i did not hear the boom like you would out here but i felt the concussion of it. wow, i just shot the gun. so the last gun i ever shot in my life was this gun. one day i had the pleasure of actually driving. i remember making a turn to starboard which is right. and the whole ship just went. wow, this works. i'm driving a battleship. we're doing everything from deck work. we have the mast up. we got a lot of money from the state of iowa to get the painting done. the ship sat for 20 years. so to look at her the way she looked a couple months ago compared to now. it is just amazin

francisco, in older businesses have steps in the front and the prohibits someone in a motorized wheelchair to overcome that barrier. and so from an ada standpoint, they are precluded from the beginning. what can be done about that? there is a number of litigants or cereal plant in sioux have caught on to that and they use that a lot and successfully in a lot of cases. i mentioned the ada is -- offers incentives relief and attorney's fees. over the years i found what drives the litigation is the attorneys' fees. sometimes attorneys' fees, oftentimes, fees exceed the amount of monetary damages that a plaintiff individual would get. supervisor mar: could you explain the type of improvements like a ramp at a certain area or widening so wheelchair can go by? what are the main types? >> that is great. the main types would depend on if you are thinking about federal or state, the overlap as i mentioned, is a similar nature. i will speak about it generally. one of the readily achievable solutions for a step that the department of justice has concluded is a ramp. taking into consideration the slope

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