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Essay / Transportation for Children with Disabilities - 882
Nowadays, many students take buses to and from school. Primary schools, middle schools and high schools have the option of taking the bus to get to school. There are also buses for transporting disabled children and adolescents. Buses for children with disabilities must remain a transportation option. If there is a child in a wheelchair, who uses a walker, or who has a physical disability, it may be difficult for them to get into the car. “…whose symptoms or travel limitations may make it extremely difficult for their parents to get them to school using other means of transportation.” (DELL’ANTONIA). How long does it take to get a child in a wheelchair into a car versus a bus? In the car, you have to pick up the child from the wheelchair, lift him and place him in his seat, then put the wheelchair in the trunk. To put the wheelchair in the trunk, you usually have to take it apart. Some children with disabilities ride the same bus as their peers, while others ride special buses designed specifically for children with any form of disability. Specially designed buses have an elevator to take the child up. Thanks to the elevator, a bus is much more convenient than a car because it is easier and faster. The child does not need to be taken out of the wheelchair, which saves a lot of time. As Robert Bergdorf Jr. said: “In a very fundamental way, it changed the basic societal perception and expectations of the role of people with disabilities in America, as well as the country's obligation to make accommodations to enable participation as complete as possible of this segment of the population. the population” (HUNTING). The availability of public transport for children with disabilities has made it easier for everyone who is reading paper via public transport. " New York Times. The New York Times Company, August 13, 2011. Web November 22, 2013. .HUNT, ALBERT R. . "Disabled People See Progress, But Problems Persist." New York Times Company, July 25, 2010. Web. and RICH SCHAPIRO “City school bus strike hits students with disabilities hardest: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/city-school-bus-strike-hits. -disabled-students-hardest-article-. 1.1242273SIMON, RACHEL. Taking the Bus with My Sister: A True Journey of Life. dir. Forrest Gump. TOP HANKS. 2013.