Walking up the stairs is difficult for Boston University junior Caine Murcia. With a disability that makes half of their body go numb, they have to use an elevator to access other floors. Inaccessibility in classroom buildings impedes their ability to learn. They are not alone in their challenges.
MBTA Go, a first-party mobile transportation app, was released by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority on Nov. 20, offering real-time transit updates and accessibility features designed to improve commuting.
After three weeks on crutches due to a sports injury that ended in hip surgery, I suddenly found myself facing everyday challenges that made the walkable city of Boston, unwalkable. I wanted to share some advice for anyone else who finds themselves on crutches in the middle of the semester.
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is renovating its station at Hynes Convention Center in a $45.7 million effort to make the station more accessible for people with disabilities and improve rider safety and experience.
I worked at a commercial art gallery for an internship last summer.
There were a few things I learned.
One, art is expensive. The cheapest items I can recall were postcard-sized sketches worth...
The Coolidge Corner Theatre is now holding weekly open caption screenings as part of its effort to increase accessibility. More changes will come as its expansion project opens to the public in about a month.
A new Massachusetts law requires hospitals to improve accessibility by the end of the year, following the 2016 death of Laura Levis, who could not find her way inside the emergency room whilst suffering from an asthma attack.
Now that campus life is back in full swing and offices are beginning to reopen, Sarah and Angela reminisce on the pros and cons of reporting from home before sharing what it's like to finally be...
