by Nomad
Hit-and run accidents are on the rise across the country. Here's a story about how one accident has shaken the confidence of one blind woman.
Still, the problems don't stop there.
Most of us have a hard time trying to imagine what life would be like without our independence. We just take it for granted that we can go where we like wherever we wish. For the disabled, of course, it is quite another story.
The US has made great strides in allowing the disabled to live more independent (and therefore more fulfilling) lives. In fact, The United States of America was the first country to pass laws protecting the right of blind individuals to enter public establishments, and to travel on all modes of public transportation accompanied by a guide dog. It's called progress and it is something that America should be proud of.
Still, the problems don't stop there.
Most of us have a hard time trying to imagine what life would be like without our independence. We just take it for granted that we can go where we like wherever we wish. For the disabled, of course, it is quite another story.
The US has made great strides in allowing the disabled to live more independent (and therefore more fulfilling) lives. In fact, The United States of America was the first country to pass laws protecting the right of blind individuals to enter public establishments, and to travel on all modes of public transportation accompanied by a guide dog. It's called progress and it is something that America should be proud of.
So when I read this news story out of St. Louis, it made me more than a little angry. Denise Hollinshed, a crime reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, describes how, in one week, the life of one blind woman has been turned upside. All due to the carelessness and lack of compassion of a driver.
