SF Gate
Larry died unexpectedly. He chose to leave life on his own terms while he was capable and before he experienced further medical crises.
Coverage Archive
New Mobility
One of the nation’s most influential disability rights lawyers, Larry Paradis, cofounder and executive director of Disability Rights Advocates, has passed away.
Daily Journal
Larry Paradis, the attorney and co-founder of Disability Rights Advocates who carved a pathway for the disabled in California through hundreds of class action lawsuits, died last week. He was 57.
DNAinfo
City’s LinkNYC discriminates against the blind, lawsuit says.
GBDH
Larry Paradis was a one of the country’s most talented, brilliant, and accomplished disability rights trail blazers. He also was a deeply good, decent, caring, and giving person, with the highest integrity. Larry broke down barriers all across this nation.
NY1 News
A new lawsuit says LinkNYC needs to be made more accessible for the blind.
Patch
The LinkNYC program is gradually installing 7,500 Links across NYC in place of old pay phones, but the nonprofit Disability Rights Advocates says blind people are unable to use them.
The Wall Street Journal
Attorneys representing advocates for the disabled say LinkNYC isn’t sufficiently accessible to blind people.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Uber drivers who refuse to take passengers with service animals may soon be dropped under policies the ride-hailing company is adopting as part of a lawsuit settlement with the National Federation of the Blind.
SFBay
A settlement between Uber Technologies Inc. and advocates for blind people who use service animals was given preliminary approval by a U.S. District Court judge this week.