Tanisha Sepúlveda, a Highland Park resident and wheelchair user, echoed Black’s sentiments at a public hearing on February 5. Sepúlveda and Black were among a handful of disability rights advocates, wheelchair users and other people with mobility challenges who testified in front of the City Council at the hearing about the comprehensive plan.
“We don’t find [accessibility] in single-family housing. We don’t find it in the new housing that’s being built,” said Sepúlveda at the hearing. “We find that in condos, apartments, in places that have elevators and often have closer resources to pharmacies, groceries, plazas. That’s why we need to bring these services more into our towns and
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