NYC Sentinel

Love in the time of activism

By Lynsey Chutel
There are few places in New York City as romantic as the top of the Empire State Building. For a couple using wheelchairs, this would have been an impossible sight until 1994. Nadina La Spina and Daniel Robert met at the landmark’s foot protesting its inaccessibility. Today, they still protest for the right to proper healthcare and the chance to marry.

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Navigating a Foggy World: The independent life of Lavar Phillips

By Lynsey Chutel
Lavar Phillips is living in his first apartment. Like most people his age, Phillips is trying to assert his independence. Almost legally blind, his disability makes his life one of adjustments and adaptations. His determination to live that life on his own terms makes him part of a history of civil rights for people with disabilities.

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