Watertown Commission on Disability

Happening next door in Cambridge, from the Harvard Crimson:

City To Improve Disability Access
New Cambridge ordinance calls for removal of architectural barriers

Published On Tuesday, March 04, 2008 12:09 AM
By SARAH J. HOWLAND
Crimson Staff Writer

Cambridge businesses may soon be widening their doors and converting small steps to smooth ramps following the adoption of a new city ordinance.

The City Council adopted a measure at last night’s weekly meeting that incorporates provisions from the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) into the Cambridge Municipal Code. The ordinance requires the removal of small architectural barriers that prevent people with disabilities from accessing businesses and public buildings.

“We are not providing them with a new right,” said Vice Mayor Brian P. Murphy ’86-’87, “but providing them with a way to make that [existing] right tangible.” [more…]