{"id":2860,"date":"2008-10-19T14:30:45","date_gmt":"2008-10-19T21:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-aboutdisabilities.pantheonsite.io\/?p=2860"},"modified":"2008-10-19T14:30:45","modified_gmt":"2008-10-19T21:30:45","slug":"berkeley-big-peoples-wheelchair-user","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aboutdisability.com\/?p=2860","title":{"rendered":"Berkeley Big People&#8217;s Wheelchair User"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Last saturday, October 18, the People\u2019s Republic of Berkeley, birthplace of the independent living movement, unveiled a massive, social realist statue honoring the town\u2019s political activism. It\u2019s depicts people engaged in some of the town\u2019s different protests. For once a righteous, angry, political, powerful wheelchair user is depicted in public art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dev-aboutdisabilities.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/wheelchair_guy_w_Scott_72_dpi.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2861\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aboutdisability.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/wheelchair_guy_w_Scott_72_dpi.jpg?w=648&amp;ssl=1 648w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aboutdisability.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/wheelchair_guy_w_Scott_72_dpi.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Berkeley Wheelchair User Statue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As soon as I say it\u2019s the first in the US, I know previous examples will almost immediately crop up. But, it\u2019s the first that fills me with pride while making me appreciate all the work we\u2019ve done with our brothers and sisters for the disability community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the coolest aspects of the statue is how visible it is. Perched on city property (CalTrans wouldn\u2019t allow it on highway land) at the edge of Hwy 80, it will be seen by thousands each day. That stretch of road is claimed to be the busiest in the US. The sculpture designed the piece to appear differently whether the view is stuck in stop and go traffic &nbsp;or whizzing by at 70 miles an hour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last saturday, October 18, the People\u2019s Republic of Berkeley, birthplace of the independent living movement, unveiled a massive, social realist statue honoring the town\u2019s political activism. It\u2019s depicts people engaged in some of the town\u2019s different protests. For once a righteous, angry, political, powerful wheelchair user is depicted in public art. As soon as I [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/aboutdisability.com\/?p=2860\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"spay_email":""},"categories":[4,11,15],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aboutdisability.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2860"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aboutdisability.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aboutdisability.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aboutdisability.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aboutdisability.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aboutdisability.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2860\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aboutdisability.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aboutdisability.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aboutdisability.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}