According to a new report, 1 in 4 schools in New York City have no accessible classrooms for children with physical disabilities.
FOX 5 NY's Antwan Lewis takes a closer look at some of the issues and what is being done to address them.At PS 110 on the Lower East Side, the halls should be bustling with the energy of eager students, but for Yuvania Espino's family, getting through those school doors has become a challenge.
"We wait for someone to come remove a chain or wait for someone to come let us in that has a key to the locked accessible door," Espino recounted. "There's a range," says Sarah Part, a senior policy analyst for Advocates for Children. "There are some schools that are not accessible at all, meaning there is no accessible entrance or exit you. If you use a wheelchair, you literally cannot get in the building."
Part elaborates, "There are some schools where there's some accessibility. Maybe you can access all the ground floor, all the classrooms, all the public spaces on the first floor, but there's no elevators, so you can't get up to the second or third floor."
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