Connor McGough, center, prepares to board a kayak at the Creekwalk Inner Harbor access point.
In disability advocacy circles, the City of Syracuse has gained a national reputation as one of the most progressive cities in the U.S. for incorporating the ideas and feedback of users with disabilities when creating new handicapped-accessible spaces, according to two prominent disability advocates.
James (Cole) Galloway, Baylor University professor of physical therapy and founder of mobility design studio Go Baby Go, and Alex Truesdell, founder of the Adaptive Design Foundation and a MacArthur Foundation fellow, point to the work on Onondaga Creekwalk and the adaptive design circles here as a model for other communities to follow.