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Government

Jun. 10, 2011

Richmond Develops Plan for Disabled

The city of Richmond has developed an emergency plan for people with disabilities and the elderly at the urging of the legal nonprofit Disability Rights Advocates.


By Amy Yarbrough


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The city of Richmond has developed an emergency plan for people with disabilities and the elderly at the urging of the legal nonprofit Disability Rights Advocates.The nonprofit, which specializes in civil rights cases on behalf of people with disabilities, first approached city officials in 2008 at the request of resident Dorene Giacopini, who uses a wheelchair. Under the new plan, the city will fix any physic...

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