Fiercely determined, Charlie Howe launched a campaign with Disability Rights Washington that caught city hall’s attention.
SEATTLE — Charlie Howe is a person who has low vision. In the summer of 2021, he took note of how his commute to get to the Ryther campus in Northeast Seattle was difficult and dangerous, and he decided to take action.
With help from Disability Rights Washington, his daily journey was documented on video, showing where the sidewalk ends and where the unpaved, and uneven, path begins. It was an extra obstacle for someone already dealing with vision impairment.
“I can only see 5 percent,” Howe said.
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