table of contents - home page - text-only home page Disabled Russians Protest Inaccessible Metro By Kay Schriner (kays@uark.edu) Michael Auberger, co-founder of ADAPT, recently announced that disabled activists in Moscow staged the first demonstration ever in that country. On Friday, October 20, 2000, 76 disabled activists from across Russia crawled down two flights of stairs to ride the Metro. The protestors were trained by ADAPT organizer Alan Holdsworth. According to Holdsworth, several more demonstrations will be held over the next several months. Holdsworth says, "These activists have braved uncharted waters without concern for their personal safety to change a system that denies disabled persons equality." table of contents - home page - text-only home page