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I wonder how those laws handle disabled people who can't shovel snow and don't have someone to do it for them. Expect them to hire somebody to do it? The disabled are generally not well off financially, so that's not really a solution.
Knowing how much our system fucks over disabled people in other ways I'm going to guess that they're still required to do it, so they either have to hire someone or do it themselves.
I'm sure you're right.
They go on apps like NextDoor or Facebook communities pages and beg for help.
I highly doubt many are part of those groups.
Unfortunately in a lot of places “aging in place” isn’t a thing and the only housing stock is single family homes.
Ideally you could stay in your neighborhood and change your housing to accomodate your situation.
Well, the city still expects lawns to be mowed even if you're disabled here, so I'd assume they expect the same of snow. But we don't get much snow since I've moved in with my husband who has cerebral palsy. With the lawn, they send a letter first saying fix it. You fix it, call them, and it's done. I'd think the same with snow, assuming the snow stuck around so long they had time to send a letter.