{"id":9922,"date":"2024-01-26T13:43:01","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T18:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/?post_type=article&#038;p=9922"},"modified":"2024-04-09T15:53:57","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T19:53:57","slug":"nyc-needs-fully-accessible-schools-families-like-mine-depend-on-it","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/es\/articles\/nyc-needs-fully-accessible-schools-families-like-mine-depend-on-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Nueva York necesita escuelas totalmente accesibles. Familias como la m\u00eda dependen de ello."},"template":"","class_list":["post-9922","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_type-afc-in-the-news","topic_tax-students-with-disabilities","misc_topic-general-education","misc_topic-special-education"],"acf":{"component_standard_hero":{"":null,"excerpt":"","short_description":"","button":{"":null,"link_type":"page","page":{"title":"Leer el art\u00edculo","url":"https:\/\/www.chalkbeat.org\/newyork\/2024\/01\/26\/nyc-needs-accessible-schools-for-students-with-disabilities-nyc-capital-budget\/","target":"_blank"},"file":null,"title":""},"image":9923,"disable_share_icons":false},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"Chalkbeat - Josh and I were excited, planning for a child. I was not a happy pregnant person, but at each appointment, I was assured that the baby was growing well. Each sonogram declared he was \u201cperfect.\u201d After an uneventful full-term birth, our son Abey was born 8 pounds, 8 ounces. Within four months we knew he had challenges. At a year old, Abey did not sit, eat, grab a toy, or look at my face.\r\n\r\nWe had not planned for Abey\u2019s disabilities, but in the months and years that followed, we became well-versed in therapies, doctor\u2019s appointments, feeding tubes, seizure medications, and wheelchairs. By the time Abey was ready for kindergarten, we realized that our school system had not planned for his disabilities either.\r\n\r\nAbey was born 13 years to the day after the Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA, was signed into law. When we started looking at kindergartens, we found that the school across the street was not accessible. Neither were any of the schools within walking distance from our Queens home. He would need to be bused to another neighborhood.\r\n\r\nWhen I realized that New York City\u2019s public schools were woefully behind in ADA compliance, I set about understanding why. As with many problems, the root was money. The first time I looked at the accessibility of our schools, back in 2018, only about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/es\/sites\/default\/files\/library\/access_denied.pdf\/?pt=1\">18% de escuelas p\u00fablicas de la ciudad eran totalmente accesibles<\/a>, according to the group Advocates for Children.\r\n\r\nTo continue toward a school system that is inclusive and compliant with federal law, Advocates for Children asked the city to allocate\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chalkbeat.org\/newyork\/2023\/11\/1\/23942677\/school-building-accessilbity-upgrades-fall-short\/\">$1.250 millones para accesibilidad<\/a>\u00a0en el pr\u00f3ximo ciclo presupuestario, que abarca 2025-29. Pero esta vez, la ciudad tiene planes de gastar s\u00f3lo alrededor de dos tercios de esa cantidad,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chalkbeat.org\/newyork\/2023\/11\/1\/23942677\/school-building-accessilbity-upgrades-fall-short\/\">$800 millones, para accesibilidad<\/a>. Puede resultar tentador se\u00f1alar la ciudad de Nueva York\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chalkbeat.org\/newyork\/2024\/01\/17\/eric-adams-school-funding-cuts-less-than-expected\/\">tensiones financieras actuales<\/a>\u00a0y decir: \u201cNo podemos permitirnos eso ahora; Lo haremos m\u00e1s tarde\u201d. Digo que han pasado m\u00e1s de 33 a\u00f1os desde que se aprob\u00f3 la ADA y nos estamos poniendo al d\u00eda con un trabajo que deber\u00eda haberse completado hace a\u00f1os.","":null,"settings":""}}],"relationships":{"":null,"article_type":[83],"topics":[28],"misc_topics":[193,198]},"misc":{"search_results":{"":null,"excerpt":"","featured_image":9923}}},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NYC needs fully accessible schools. Families like mine depend on it. - Advocates for Children of New York<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/es\/articles\/nyc-needs-fully-accessible-schools-families-like-mine-depend-on-it\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NYC needs fully accessible schools. Families like mine depend on it. - Advocates for Children of New York\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/es\/articles\/nyc-needs-fully-accessible-schools-families-like-mine-depend-on-it\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Advocates for Children of New York\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AdvocatesforChildren\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-04-09T19:53:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-81-1024x540.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"540\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AFCNewYork\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/articles\/nyc-needs-fully-accessible-schools-families-like-mine-depend-on-it\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/articles\/nyc-needs-fully-accessible-schools-families-like-mine-depend-on-it\/\",\"name\":\"NYC needs fully accessible schools. Families like mine depend on it. - Advocates for Children of New York\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/articles\/nyc-needs-fully-accessible-schools-families-like-mine-depend-on-it\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/articles\/nyc-needs-fully-accessible-schools-families-like-mine-depend-on-it\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/news\/Screenshot-81.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-26T18:43:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-09T19:53:57+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/articles\/nyc-needs-fully-accessible-schools-families-like-mine-depend-on-it\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"es-MX\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/articles\/nyc-needs-fully-accessible-schools-families-like-mine-depend-on-it\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es-MX\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/articles\/nyc-needs-fully-accessible-schools-families-like-mine-depend-on-it\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/news\/Screenshot-81.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/news\/Screenshot-81.png\",\"width\":1702,\"height\":898,\"caption\":\"Courtesy of Michelle Noris\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/articles\/nyc-needs-fully-accessible-schools-families-like-mine-depend-on-it\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"NYC needs fully accessible schools. Families like mine depend on it.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/\",\"name\":\"Advocates for Children of New York\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"es-MX\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Advocates for Children of New York\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es-MX\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/afc-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/afc-logo.png\",\"width\":696,\"height\":696,\"caption\":\"Advocates for Children of New York\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AdvocatesforChildren\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/AFCNewYork\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"NYC needs fully accessible schools. Families like mine depend on it. - Advocates for Children of New York","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/es\/articles\/nyc-needs-fully-accessible-schools-families-like-mine-depend-on-it\/","og_locale":"es_MX","og_type":"article","og_title":"NYC needs fully accessible schools. Families like mine depend on it. - Advocates for Children of New York","og_url":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/es\/articles\/nyc-needs-fully-accessible-schools-families-like-mine-depend-on-it\/","og_site_name":"Advocates for Children of New York","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AdvocatesforChildren\/","article_modified_time":"2024-04-09T19:53:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":540,"url":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-81-1024x540.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@AFCNewYork","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/articles\/nyc-needs-fully-accessible-schools-families-like-mine-depend-on-it\/","url":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/articles\/nyc-needs-fully-accessible-schools-families-like-mine-depend-on-it\/","name":"NYC needs fully accessible schools. Families like mine depend on it. - Advocates for Children of New York","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/articles\/nyc-needs-fully-accessible-schools-families-like-mine-depend-on-it\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/articles\/nyc-needs-fully-accessible-schools-families-like-mine-depend-on-it\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/news\/Screenshot-81.png","datePublished":"2024-01-26T18:43:01+00:00","dateModified":"2024-04-09T19:53:57+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/articles\/nyc-needs-fully-accessible-schools-families-like-mine-depend-on-it\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"es-MX","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/articles\/nyc-needs-fully-accessible-schools-families-like-mine-depend-on-it\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es-MX","@id":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/articles\/nyc-needs-fully-accessible-schools-families-like-mine-depend-on-it\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/news\/Screenshot-81.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/news\/Screenshot-81.png","width":1702,"height":898,"caption":"Courtesy of Michelle Noris"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/articles\/nyc-needs-fully-accessible-schools-families-like-mine-depend-on-it\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"NYC needs fully accessible schools. Families like mine depend on it."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/","name":"Defensores de los ni\u00f1os de Nueva York","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"es-MX"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/#organization","name":"Defensores de los ni\u00f1os de Nueva York","url":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es-MX","@id":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/afc-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/afc-logo.png","width":696,"height":696,"caption":"Advocates for Children of New York"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AdvocatesforChildren\/","https:\/\/x.com\/AFCNewYork"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/9922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/9922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}