and wheelchairs riders to make configurations for wheelchair users and having some table events. lastly we are working to host a technology conference. right now people are using their smartphones or apps. we want to tap into applications that people are using right now and see how we can apply it to bart to make it more accessible. if you are using a speech to text or if you have hearing, maybe you can go to a designated speaker so it translates for deaf passengers. or, we are also looking at indoor navigation system like indoors. but sfo where you can be directed. it's 30 feet wide. so we can't have the features that sf 0 has but the key features. that's it for my presentation. i'm happy to answer any questions you may have. >> thank you. i would like to start with council member roland wong. >> thank you, mr. franklin. i have two comments. one of them is when we deploy the first phase of the new bart cars, i think it may get very confusing when you have two older existing cars with two doors and the new cars with three doors. i can't really picture how people can actually navi

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. >> this wheelchair is limiting. he did not have access to what many of us take for granted. >> he wanted for color i have to take him from the chair, sit him on table to color or to be able to play anything on a table like dinner anything he has to be set interest something different because his chair does not reach those places. >> since october, his parents have been pleading with the health karen provider, anthem blue cross to cover the size of a lightweight wheelchair. >> it is frustrating beyond what i can even explain. >> the insurance company said at two he cannot move himself in the wheelchair but should be placed in a stroller until he gets one from them when he is time >> pay hundreds every more for the insurance to be there for you when you need them and they are not. >> i get a again call from the provider saying our client has been denied not only once but twice. >> seeing how he gets himself around with the small chair in the video clips posted to facebook, the friends have started fundraising to get h

woman in a wheelchair is able to get in and out of her home now after wusa9 reported she'd been snowed in. her only access in and out of that home is an alley which the department of public works does not clear and electric wheelchairs are not so good in the snow. surae chinn joins us live from the bloomingdale area with a followup. >> reporter: this is the alleyway that melissa ortiz can only access to and from her house. the front of her house there are steep stairs, a narrow hallway and it's not an option. dpw doesn't clear the alleys and that's a real concern for melissa. yesterday's snow left melissa ortiz spinning her wheels. but when neighbors and a good samaritans found out wusa9 was doing a story about the alley, they dug her out. >> thank you to wusa9 and thank you to my neighbors who helped and this man earnest just appeared out of nowhere who helped. i can't find him. we've called people. nobody seems to know who earnest is. i'm thinking he may have actually been an angel. >> reporter: melissa went to check conditions this afternoon. >> backyard still looks great. >> report

woman in a wheelchair now able to leave her home after wusa9 told her story. >> her only access in and out of her home is a alley and snow is not cleared by the d.c. did not of public works. she uses an -- department of public works. she uses an electric wheelchair and tonight thanks to some good samaritans she's back to good. >> reporter: yesterday's snow left melissa ortiz spinning her wheels, but when neighbors and a good samaritan found out wusa9 was doing a story about the alley, they dug her out. >> thank you to wusa9 and thank you to my neighbors who came out and helped. there was this man earnest who just appeared out of nowhere. i can't find him. we've looked all through the neighborhood. we've called people. nobody seems to know who earnest is. i'm thinking he may have been an angel. >> reporter: melissa went to check on conditions this afternoon. >> backyard still looks great and we have a sheet of ice. >> reporter: while the alley has improved -- >> right now i'm able to navigate it, but that doesn't work at all. >> reporter: she wasn't able to get very far. as a busy event

class of wheelchair, which meet their needs. will the prime minister join me in congratulating the new life foundation for disabled children in my constituency which has been campaigning for this change for five years and can now continue to make a real difference in the quality of life of some of the most senior -- severely us able children in our country? >> i am very happy, with my honorable friend, to praise that business, and pay tribute to all those who give young people, disabled young people, the chance of more choice of wheelchairs. anyone who is had a child in a wheelchair knows that you need the choice so your child can actually have a better quality of life. i am delighted this change in the law can make that possible. >> thank you, mr. speaker. my father died of cancer. -- my mother died of cancer, and my sister died of cancer. a year ago, the prime minister said that urgent cancer referrals should receive their first treatment within two months. last year, 20,000 people have not had that target met for them. but th

all day i will be in the wheelchair.'t get out of my wheelchair, i have to go in it to all my classes. >> all participants thoroughly understand why we need the buttons now. >> obviously a lot of people came together to make this happen and this was really need to see. >> archer raised $87,000. not only did it go toward the original concept of three doors, it went on to be five doors. the challenge was to get all the work that was required for the project completed in the winter break period all of the work had to be ready for a celebration scheduled monday january 25 when school returned to session. anyone with heart anyone with determination, anyone with focus on achieving anything can achieve things beyond their wildest dreams. camper-- archer is an inspiration, an inspiration for me and for so many others. >> archer is giving back to his community by providing the ability for students and faculty and any sits visitor who comes to our school feel welcome. this project will help the community for years and years to com

. >> a local family was struggling to get a ten year old boy who use as wheelchair in and out of their west philadelphia home. we brought you this story last month. sabina kuriakose shows us tonight, fox 29 viewers came through in a big way. >> as he stands outside his west philadelphia home, robert henry reflects on how life has never been easy for his ten year old son saleem, confined to wheelchair for much of his young life. >> this blustery march morning, help is here. >> he is my hero. >> yes helping you guys snout. >> yes, i love scrabbling. i love everybody out here. >> jack is jack cook, local five elevator con vukovich tours union. >> this is what we do, union elevator constructors. >> jack and his colleagues saw our fox 29 story about the family's struggle to carry 70-pound saleem and his 65-pound wheelchair, up and down the stoop of their row home every school day. the wheelchair lift they needed $16,000 impossible. >> we had ton of our members are calling asking if we could help out. >> reporter: the response was more than the family ever could have imagined. local five spe

using children to legally use a heavier wheelchair which better meets their needs. will the prime minister join me in congratulating the excellent new life foundation for disabled children in my constituency which has been campaigning for this change in the law for over five years and can now continue to make a real difference for the quality of life of some the most severely disabled children in our country? >> i'm very happy, with my honorable friend, to praise the business and also pay tribute to all those who give young people disable junk people the chance of more choice over wheelchairs. anyone who's had a child in a wheelchair knows that you need a choice of your child can accept a better quality of life and i'm delighted that this change in the law will help make that possible. >> thank you, mr. speaker. my father died of cancer. my mother died of cancer. and my sister died of cancer. a year ago the prime minister set a target to urgent cancer referrals should receive the first treatment within two months. last year 20,000 people have not had that target met

. >> getting around in wheelchair is nearly impossible for some. 29's bruce gordon is live in spring garden. bruce i can only imagine. my goodness. >> reporter: anyone with mobile issues, seniors folks had use krups a walker or cane a had trouble this morning f you're a wheelchair had to negotiate an icy patch like right behind me here on the sidewalk. by midday a bright sun and temperatures into the mid 30s had most sidewalks ice free. but there was still work to be done on the shady side of the street. obstructed walkways are tough enough for those get aig round on 2 feet but for those who travel on four wheels, folks like sean tucker it's down right dangerous. >> they can walk in the street and eventually get on the sidewalk. but the curb cut is the only hospital shouldn't for wheelchair users. >> reporter: all over the city we saw curb cut outs filled with snow and ice. things were obviously much worse in the colder early morning hours. we met ken perry at eighth and mark the seen of a dangerous morning commute. >> i literal hal to go around in

the wheelchair lift they needed $16,000. impossible. >> we had a ton of our members calling, asking if we could help out. >> the response was more than the family ever could have imagined local five spent days of planning, and hours of hard labor to install the lift. a go funds me site raising thousands to make saleem's home more accessible, the wheelchair lift itself, donated, by frankford mother peggy dutton, who lost her own daughter. >> i'll donate mine. i don't want anything. my daughter would be happen if i someone else can use it. >> helping hands from people across our area. and when all is said and done, strangers, no more. >> everybody that donated everybody that red the story everybody that is part of this crew and part of the elevator crew everybody's family now. >> in west philadelphia, sabina kuriakose, "fox 29 news". >>> still ahead on "fox 29 news" at 6:00 a bank robber stopped in his tracks, but not by a cop. a brave citizen. how many he did it coming up. >> well, plus, this woman is accused of chasing a nin

>> people with disabilities who use wheelchairs. >> people with disabilities who use wheelchairs. >>fferent dynamic, isn't >> very different dynamic, isn't it, compared to a very typical it, compared to a very typical person sitting in a car seat? >> yes, it is. person sitting in a car seat? >> yes, it is. we will see if a person going we will see if a person going under the seatbelt and, in fact, under the seatbelt and, in fact, they can completely come out of a wheelchair. they can completely come out of a wheelchair. >> how realistic are dummies? >> how realistic are dummies? >> very simplified versions of >> very simplified versions of the complex human body. the complex human body. . . >> crash test dummies have been >> crash test dummies have been used since 1949. used since 1949. they have become ever more they have become ever more sophisticated but what sophisticated but what researchers are finding here is researchers are finding here is that they can get ever closer to that they can get ever closer to reality by using three dimensional computer models. reality by using thr

a guard pushing a wheelchair bound student out of his chair, kicking him in the head and pulling him into an elevator. another angle shows him being slapped in the head and tossed out of the chair. he has been in a wheelchair most of his life for cerebral palsy is still a junior at oakland high school, he was that meeting. >> we have a lot of violence in our community. i don't think that is right for us to have to deal with it also in school. school is a safe environment where we are supposed to lose. school is supposed to be safe. >> i share the outrage of the protesters. the superintendent made -- [ indiscernible ] >> as far as disciplinary action is concerned towards those involved the investigation is still ongoing. >> reporter: the school board meeting was uninterrupted by the protesters. they said tonight that was not their aim this time. the oakland unified school district said the guards who were involved in the beating had since been fired. they are no longer working for the school district. there are other guards involved in two other beatings, those guards are on paid admi

we begin with a man in a wheelchair whose therapy dog was stolen and returned. we covered the crime and reunion when it happened last month but we have a suspicion behind this good news story was an even better one. we were right. >> i want to let you guys know to never give up, keep pushing to stay positive. >> if karma wanted to make a commercial author might make a good pitch man. >> it gets better with time. >> reporter: what better way to explain what happened to arthur last month than a good turn after so many good deeds. >> life is short. i know that after what i have been through. and i want to leave a mark on this life. >> reporter: arthur's story didn't start in a good way. this chapter beginning seven years ago with a mugger and a gun in a dark san francisco parking lot. >> it happened so quickly. he shot me. the bullet went through my chest and both lungs, shattered my spine. >> reporter: arthur awoke a month later to a future in a wheelchair one that looked bleak for this life long athlete. >> i didn't know how to take it. i didn't know what spinal

lots of messages from people in wheelchairs want to be my friend on facebook.ponses from all over the world. i'm glad people appreciate what i've done. i'm touched that i've touched other people. >> he says some folks may have preconceived notions about people in wheelchairs but there is really nothing they can't do. >> the only thing i can't do is walk, run, jump, and kick. i am fully capable of doing everything else and sometimes better than the average able body because you strive so hard at being able or independent sometimes it's just tougher to get a job so we have to work a little harder at it and find new and better ways of getting things done. >> larry doesn't like to think of himself as a hero but he'll always be one to cindy. >> we need to have more people like larry on this earth. the way he helped me out, that was great. he's my hero. >> coming up, a man mows down a florida professor. >> after the bumper hit my temple area here i became unconscious. >> and spill puts one boston commuter in danger. >> she wavered back and forth and ended up going in

it doesn't matter that somebody with a wheelchair uses it. they say the aba doesn't cover it. i never heard back from them or from your director about, the snow crews or anybody. >> reporter: she asked the dc government for help four times without success. >> they were very cordial, but cordial doesn't cut it when you're telling me i have to stay in my house. >> reporter: last snowstorm she was stuck in her own home for a staggering ten days. >> ten days? >> ten days. >> ten days in the house. >> let me tell you after day eight that you have done everything in the apartment that you need to do, so it got a little frustrating and demoralizing. >> reporter: you know, every time melissa called dpw she was assured that someone would return her call. she is still waiting for that call back. before i let you go, let me tell you about a wonderful random act of kindness out here. a gentleman by the name of ernest stopped us on the street and asked what the story was all about. when he learned of melissa's story, not only did he bring his shovel out here, but brought a bunch of helpers

the wheelchair costs $25,000. i'm like, wow. escion immediately dove into fund-raising holding dinners, rallying his classmates not stopping until they got to that magic number and beyond. >> he's been a really good friend to me and i wanted to reciprocate. >> to be honest he's someone that i can't like express more grat today toward. a relationship that i can't really explain. like it's amazing. >> reporter: made all the more amazing when martin's wheelchair arrived this past monday. this one a loaner until his personally fitted one is ready. it didn't matter to marty, though, who immediately took it out for a spin. the wheels of freedom thanks to the bonds of friendship. from the bonds of friendship to the bonds of matrimony and how one man's wish to see his wife smile dearinguring a difficult time has taiken on a life of its own. the time has been filled with many unpleasant surprises but one very nice one. and as you'll soon see, one that thanks to the kindness of strangers, keeps on giving. as hard as the doctors and nurses

using children to legally use a heavier wheelchair which better meets their needs. will the prime minister join me in congratulating the excellent new life foundation for disabled children in my constituency which has been campaigning for this change in the law for over five years and can now continue to make a real difference for the quality of life of some the most severely disabled children in our country? >> i'm very happy, with my honorable friend, to praise the business and also pay tribute to all those who give young people disable junk people the chance of more choice over wheelchairs. anyone who's had a child in a wheelchair knows that you need a choice of your child can accept a better quality of life and i'm delighted that this change in the law will help make that possible. >> thank you, mr. speaker. my father died of cancer. my mother died of cancer. and my sister died of cancer. a year ago the prime minister set a target to urgent cancer referrals should receive the first treatment within two months. last year 20,000 people have not had that target met

gunman tried to kill him. [ gunfire ] [screaming ] >> he would spent the rest of his life in a wheelchair. >> i think he had time to reflect on his politics of the past and see what pain and suffering he had caused to others because he was in such pain and suffering. >> in his fourth and final term as government, wallace began apologizing for his views on race. he invited past opponents to his home and office, including john lewis, one of the victims of police violence on the edmund pettus bridge. lewis moved to alabama and was elected to congress. >> i said, governor, why did you give the order for people to beat us? he said, we had to stop you on the bridge because there were people waiting to kill you. i said, governor, do you kill people to keep other people from killing? he didn't have an answer. i'm not really convinceed that governor wallace ever really believed all of the stuff that he was saying. i think he used the issue of race to get ahead. >> wallace also met with the two students he had once blocked from entering the universe of alabama james hood and vivian malone. >> did y

they've been trying to raise money for a wheelchair lift.uce gord enfirst told you this story last month and our viewers responded amazingly. we've got so many calls from people who want to help. their donations went through the roof. this morning we are joined by his family. today you're getting a lift for your son. how does that make you feel? >> great. >> the parents who donated the lift lost a daughter of their own. what's that like to know those people stepped up to help you? >> it's immaculate they stopped up because it's hard dealing with the laws but being able to help someone else through a rough time as well, that's immaculate. >> we're forever grateful. if there wasn't for fox, she wouldn't even know about this. >> we're so happy to help. let's go over here and talk to these guys who are actually helping us. this is jack cook, he's with the local 5 elevator constructor's union. you guys heard the story. why did you want to help? >> our members reached out, we saw it, we figured hey, this is what we do. we would love to help the fa

it will be a green bike symbol or ada blue wheelchair area on the side of the car. you will get a clue on the side of the car. there will be passengers that are confused. >> i have one more comment about the bicycles. it's going to be door 1 and 3. what was the compromise for the bikes? >> one of the doors will have bikes. andre ethier 1 or 3 depending on which direction the train is traveling. >> that's another confusing part. okay, thank you. i have a couple of questions. obviously quite a bit of effort and time went into issues that surfaced last year and i appreciate what bart has done. i have a couple questions. there is a bike rack that holds three bicycles, correct? are there bikes allowed on the cars then or is it a maximum of three for each car? >> well, right now there is no restriction on it. some transit agencies restrict a number of bikes per area, so, you know, right now the wording is if bart train can reasonably accommodate a bike, i over see the department that runs the bike program and i watch this all the time. i have never seen a bicyclist say it

in may, this video surfaced showing a school security officer punching a student in a wheelchair. mitchell was fired and goes on trial for felony assault and child abuse. in this case the attorney for the 15-year-old is considering a civil lawsuit, quote there was no reason for security guards to engage with the student at all. and these guards have no business working around children and should be fired. he says he will call for more training and placing two security officers on paid leave and is going to review prior cases. >> every investigation has been conducted by the department. >> he will propose the district outfit officers with body cameras. >> in san francisco a big mess after a car crashed into a nail salon. these pictures sent to us by the salon silky nails. no one was injured. the salon is now closed >> a woman spent 30 years in prison will not have to stand trial again thanks to evidence in a series of bay area killings prosecutored dropped charges against kathy woods, now 64 years old. her conviction for killing a reno college student in 1976 was overturned when dn

in may, this video surfaced showing a school security officer punching a student in a wheelchair. mitchell was fired and goes on trial for felony assault and child abuse. in this case the attorney for the 15-year-old is considering a civil lawsuit, quote there was no reason for security guards to engage with the student at all. and these guards have no business working around children and should be fired. he says he will call for more training and placing two security officers on paid leave and is going to review prior cases. >> every investigation has been conducted by the department. >> he will propose the district outfit officers with body cameras. >> in san francisco a big mess after a car crashed into a nail salon. these pictures sent to us by the salon silky nails. no one was injured. the salon is now closed >> a woman spent 30 years in prison will not have to stand trial again thanks to evidence in a series of bay area killings prosecutored dropped charges against kathy woods, now 64 years old. her conviction for killing a reno college student in 1976 was overturned when dn

boynton by wheelchair and will of character. they made their way to the top of the bridge anointed by blood sweat, and tears. the president gave a few words ms. boynton lifted up a few words and in so doing, she invokes a praise decades older than even the selma to montgomery march. those words and that phrase being this -- "a vote lists -- a vote less people is a hopeless people." all across the country, state legislatures have engaged in a mock pavilion nature of disenfranchisement, giving effect to the notion that a voteless people is a hopeless people. they have launched plans and policies to suggest a voteless people is a hopeless people. in north carolina, in texas where we have laws that have been passed that make it clear that if you have an id sufficient to carry a concealed weapon, that is deemed sufficient democratic proof civic proof, to vote. but an id that allows you to carry a book of shakespeare, a book of engineering, a book of chemistry is deemed insufficient under our constitution. [applause] so they have laun

she's in a wheelchair. her name is heather. >> is that her right there in the wheelchair? >> yes. yes. so you know she's out there every time there's a protest, she goes out. she believes in what she's doing. but she live streams everything. so usually you just see live pictures of what's going on. and there it is again. her moniker is miss jupiter 1957. so we do understand from some of the protesters that the police have been looking for this video and may have gathered some of the video that we are now seeing on the air. >> okay. i guess we'll soon know at the top of the hour. police chief will speak. sara sidner thanks so much. i appreciate it. >>> also to come in the "newsroom," a frantic radio call as the accused boston marathon bombers were on the run. >> oh, my goodness. all units, respond. officers down. officers down. all units. get me location. officer down. >> alexandra field is in boston. good morning. >> reporter: hey there, carol. good morning. that frantic call for help. also surveillance video and a witness who

should never be assigned a bed that is in the middle of the area where that wheelchair can't get to. i also think that we are doing our folks a disservice when we have a limit of 6 months for a shelter bed and most of our low income residents and opportunities are to your wait list and i think that there has to be some sort of innovative conversations about how our shelters system actually works. and so that we are acknowledging the fact that nobody is going to be able to move into an sro or, an affordable housing situation. and within 6 months. and in addition to that, i also there is a really, prison-like atmosphere in the shelter and i experienced ptsd from my homeless experience and would i like to make the shelters an environment where the people can agree, and i think as a community organizer, with a community housing partnership, which strives to provide affordable housing and opportunities for the people and build them to self-sufficiency, i think that we could start working on that self-sufficiency and stability in the shelters by offering the adult centers on skills of oppo

he must use a wheelchair temporarily to get around, and doctors say it could take up to a year for him to fully recover. despite his injuries, singh is grateful, knowing things could have been much worse. >> i did not realize i could lose my life until i look at the video of the news on the tv next day. that i could be dead. i can say i'm lucky. thanks to god, i'm still around. >> this kind of accident happens more often than you think. >>> october 7th, 2012. tongeren, belgium. security cameras capture belgian soccer player jonathan legear as he buts his porsha into a gas station after a night out. instead of stopping to get gas, legear plows through the gas station parking lot, running over a scooter, and smashing through the glass doors of the convenience store. the porsche barrels through the store taking out shelves stocked with food and drinks. the store clerks dive for cover, just as the car crashes into the checkout counter. a customer looks up just in time to jump, avoiding the full force of the impact. the porsche comes to a stop and the customer escapes with minor injuries. t

so i encourage you guys to really have somebody that uses a wheelchair or somebody who is blind or maybe impaired to really test out your apartments before you really call it accessible because if you just go around saying it's accessible without having somebody with a disability check it out, to me it is false advertisement and not accessible. that's not really ada compliant to me i really hope that these affordable units are really for with disabilities and not just for people who are low income, but people who have, people who are really disabled, and not just have a low budget or whatever because a lot of times places for people with disabilities and you find all kind of people moving in and you have people in the units. so i would be very weary of that. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> any further public comment? we are going to take a 10-minute break. >> >> >>> >> welcome back, everybody. we are up to agenda item no. 7. we are going to hear from the aids legal referral panel. mr. bill hirsch. >> good afternoon, it's a pleasure to be here. i have had the pleasure and opportunit

we're not just talking about wheelchairs. it could be seniors anyone with a walker or a cane. don't let the midday sun melt the problem away. remember folks with mobility issues have to get to work first thing in the morning just like you and me. lucy? >> all right, thank you very much, bruce. >>> things are getting back to normal at philadelphia international airport. but it was a long night for some travelers. airlines canceled 40% of yesterday's flights leaving many stranded. the cancellations continued into early this morning. and if you are traveling tonight, you know what to do. you've got to check with your airline before you head on out. weather could interfere with travel plans yet again this week as you just heard but you can track the next round of snow and rain on myfoxphilly.com. just click on that weather tab. >>> we're following developing story out of delaware county tonight for you the man you see here under arrest chargeed with 86 counts of invasion of privacy after police say he peeped on young women in mall dressing rooms. investigators say he'd also record

in that same year muni received its first fleet of buses equipped with wheelchair lifts. in 1982 when the cable car had a shut-down, they added an alternative attraction to the cars. the festival was a huge hit and would continue for the next four summers in a permanent f-line that would extend all the way to fisherman's wharf, by 2000 the f-line was in place. and in 2007 muni extended the third line to the southeast corner and returning to third street. for the first time in 60 years. in the course of last 100 years, muni's diverse workforce forged by men and women of innovation have reflected the many cultures that flock to the city. muni's ground-breaking antidiscrimination has guaranteed equal opportunity for all. the city's policy mandates the course for the future as they work diligently to increase options and increase multialternatives, and deduce -- reduce the carbon footprint. it continues to improve the systems. during this sen -- centennial year we reflect on the transit system. driven notthat. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ we're divorcing with a group ero 3 hundred volunteers we

up with them as they were walking dante, dante, a german shepherd from eight years old come in a wheelchair physical therapy in edgewater. >> a very active dog. >> all of a sudden he had a stroke. >> taking a treat to have a treat. walked away. no problem. took a. took a step. the boom, his back legs went out. >> he rushed into they rushed him to the emergency room. unable to make his legs move again quex.and i like humans were they rationalize, i cannot walk and therefore. no. they are instinctual. his instinct is to get up, so he will. as long as he is not in pain and happy and not depressed we will keep going with them >> they taken to physical therapy in edgewater. it us about $100 an hour. they hour. they took me through what that entails. walked in the room the dr. puts a diaper on him to make sure he does not have any accidents while in the pool. he can stand on his own 2 feet in the water. they spent thousands of dollars but recommend that everyone do doggie therapy because the dogs deserve a chance. bill: who has that kind of money to spend on a dog? >> it's only if you have the mo

laws and therefore no wheelchair ramp. once inside the courthouse, the elevator to the registrar's office was being serviced. and we had to wait an hour in order to use it. once we finally got to the office of the board of registrars, there were only one person waiting on 25 people in line. my mother and father persevered. they persevered to make sure that my father got a photo i.d. that day, because he was resolved in voting, because his doctor was on the ballot for re-election -- daughter was on the ballot for re-election. but just think of all the senior citizens or disabled citizens that do not have a relative or person to take them to get a photo i.d. this photo requirement definitely reduces the amount and the ability for certain segments of society to exercise their right to vote. . in the supreme court ruling that invalidated the rule, the court said the formula used by congress to determine the covered states was outdated and implied there was no need for the voting rights act today since after all there was an af

two legs but what if you travel on four wheels like shawn tucker has spent her entire life in a wheelchair>> we go to work, we go to school, we have doctor's appointment just like everybody else. it is real frustrating. we just don't sit in the mall like statues, we have things to do. >> reporter: all it takes is a small mound of snow and patch of ice make a curb cut impassable for most with mobility issues. tameika blackwell says her bus stop at ridge and cumberland was snow pack, forcing her to wait for her ride to work in the middle of the street. >> it is very scary but i have to come to work. >> reporter: what goes through your mine in the middle of the street there trying to avoid the ice. >> i'm afraid for my life. >> reporter: hard to imagine what it is like getting through ice and snow in the wheelchair listen to ken perry's description. >> if you get stuck in your car, if your snow is too deep. imagine doing that with your hand getting wet fingers cold and your arms become transmission to get you through it. >> reporter: we visited mobility advocates the at liberty resources near

from her wheelchair, she talked about how she had been registering voters, and she talked about how she was beat that day. she said, i was registering them because i felt if we could vote, we could deal with poverty and deal with the killing of our people and deal with what was going on wrong and unfair. it sounds real simple, but what struck me was that we are, in many ways, caught up in what we are getting out of the journey than what the journey was for. go right back to joshua was story. -- joshua's story. when the children of israel were coming out of egypt and god opened up the red sea, and they marched across into the wilderness, they forgot the reason for the journey and started worshiping the wrong god. the reality is, in this celebration, some of us have been lost in the wilderness. some of us thought that john lewis and hosea williams got beat for you to get a certain position and a certain job. some of you thought this was about you, rather than realize that yes it was about voting but not voting to get you a big title -- voting that hoping we put you somewhere, you would tr

dan's house outfitted for one person in a wheelchair.ave imagined one day it could be for two. >> i just remember bouncing over and over again and spinning and spinning and all of a sudden i was in the snow. and i'm looking up at the sky. >> reporter: only one month since his wife flipped her car on rising sun road. and nearly the same icy spot he had his accident 12 years ago. >> just like one of those shocking things you hear. how in the world -- no way would this happen. >> doctors say heel she may never walk again. dan just wants her home. that's easier said than done. >> the modifications to the house the one to bump out that little area was $10,000 quote. >> reporter: with medical bills and tella unable to return the work the beers are asking the community to help bring their family back under one roof. >> there are certain things that have to be done in order for me to released because if they're not in time like i actually might not be able to released when originally scheduled. so it's definitely that -- that's the struggle on t

. >> i felt like i was being taught how to live in my wheelchair. out of my wheelchair. >> reporter: dan moved from boston to san diego. he wanted to take part in an intense exercise program for people who suffered spinal cord injuries. four years later, he walked out the door. >> that left me with a new mission, i wanted to bring that program here to boston. >> reporter: he did just that with the opening of journey forward. it's a non-profit dedicated to helping paralyzed people become more mobile. >> we're retraining the nervous system and hundreds of thousands, if not millions of repetitions, something clicks and you build off that. we give our clients the proper tools necessary to get them independence. they get their quality of life back. >> reporter: dan's next challenge is to get insurance companies to cover the $100 an hour cost of therapy that would allow more patients access to the treatment. he would also like to open even more facilities around the country. >> it took me seven years before i took my first steps. it's a game of inches. gi

like sean tucker who has spent nearly her entire life in wheelchair. >> we go to work we go to school doctor's appointments like everyone else. so it's real frustrateing. we don't just like sit in the mall like statues we got thing to do. >> reporter: all it takes at a small mound of snow or patch of ice to make a curb cut impassible for those with mobility issues. tamika blackwell says her bus stop at ridge and cumberland was snow packed early monday morning forking her to wait for her ride to work in the middle of the street. >> it's very scary but i have to come to work. >> reporter: what goes through your mind when you're in the middle of the street trying to avoid the ice? >> i'm afraid for my life. >> reporter: hard to imagine what's like getting through ice and snow in a wheelchair? listen to ken perry's description. >> just like you might get stuck in your car if the snow is too deep. imagine doing that with your hands getting wet your fingers getting cold and your arms become the transmission that gets you through it. >> reporter: when we visited the mobility advocates at lib

a year later we're in a wheelchair. the hands aren't working. the speech is going. >> reporter: so the smiths have joined dozens of other als patients to lobby the u.s. food and drug administration, the authority that administers approval of the drugs. so patients can access developmental drugs before they're approved. >> we are telling the fda today that the status quo is not good enough. they need to do everything in their power to speed the search for a cure. >> the fda approval process can take more than a decade. the average als patient lives just three years from diagnosis. so a movement has been formed in the u.s., fighting government for the right to try experimental medications. the right to try association is lobbying the government, for lifesaving developmental drugs to be fast tracked for the patients who need it. ten states have already granted terminally ill patients access to developmental drugs without approval. 23 others are considering other laws already in place in other countries. >> in europe drugs tend to get approved earli

two weeks ago he testified against the drunk driver who put him in a wheelchair and killed his best friend. yesterday a thief stole the medical transport van his mother uses to drive mj where he needs to go. now mj's mom just wanted to give her son hope. >> he keeps me going, i have to be positive. >> the family set up go fund me site in hopes that someone will help them buy a new van. they only had limited insurance. police arrested the man who allegedly slammed that van and wrecked it. >>> peco is asking for a rate increase. they want to replace equipment and improve structure. if improved, monthly bills will go up about $6. the increase would take effect january 1st. Ã% spring they pop up. potholes. this year penn dot is trying something new they hope will fix the problem if is experimenting with new pavement they're using high strength synthetic fibers similar to the ones in police kev kevlar vests. right now they're testing the technology in bucks county. >>> new video of a landslide in washington state. three homes were evacuated in des moines today and they're concerned because the