Testifying to Support Accessible Hiking Trails for All People

[image description: this is a screenshot of an article from New England Public Media, titled: "'Calm, soothed, and able;' western Mass. users offer testimony on impact of accessible trails" by Nancy Eve Cohen There is a Zoom screenshot of Jeremy Dubs, a white disabled man with glasses and red hair testifying before the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources. Underneath are the captioned words, said by Jeremy: "The exclusion that I've experienced so often."

It was an honor to speak to the Massachusetts House of Representatives as a testimony for proposed House and Senate Bills that would support Accessible Hiking and Walking Trails- Senate Bill 446 & House Bill 769.

I talk in my testimony about my experience hiking the Lake Wallace Sensory Trail in Belchertown, and how an environment that was designed to include my body and mind had a significant impact.

You can click on this link below for my full testimony:

tinyurl.com/trails4everyone

and you can also click on the photo for the news article by New England Public Media, that discusses the other testimonies made on October 11, as well as the importance of these bills. The link to the article is:

tinyurl.com/nepmtrails

I support Accessible Trails for ALL!