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...ILEANA ARGENTIN, Rome...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Access Denied | 4/3/2005 | See Source »

...common area where other passengers put their luggage." Political will and injections of funding could smooth out most problems with public transport. Europe's rich heritage of old buildings throws up knottier problems. A survey last year by the office of Rome city councillor Ileana Argentin, 40, a lawyer with the genetic disease spinal amyotrophy, found that only 20% of public buildings in the city were fully accessible; wheelchair users could enter some areas in a further 60%, and 20% were completely blocked to them. Argentin understands the arguments for conservation - "Imagine if I tried to make the Spanish steps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Access Denied | 4/3/2005 | See Source »

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