Services to Library Users with Disabilities Take the red line to Harvard. Exit onto Massachusetts Avenue and head through Harvard Yard towards the Science Center. Go into the Science Center and turn left at the information desk (after the Greenhouse Cafe). When you exit the Science Center, Paine Hall will be immediately to your right. Note: To use a GPS or mapping software, use the address "1 Oxford Street" to locate Paine Hall. The Hall does not have a street address, but this is the address for the Science Center, which abuts the Music Building. Take the Cambridge/Brighton/Allston exit and follow the ramp signs to Cambridge. After the bridge over the Charles River, turn left onto Memorial Drive. At the second light turn right onto JFK Street. You will go through a few sets of lights before coming to Harvard Square. Continue through Harvard Square (past Out of Town News on your right), but stay in the left lane. bear left (the sign says Massachusetts Avenue/Arlington). Then stay to the right and bear right at the next divide in the road (there will be a traffic light with right arrow).
You are now on Massachusetts Avenue heading north. Turn right onto Everett Street. Follow Everett Street to the end and take a right onto Oxford Street. Paine Hall is directly behind the Science Center at the corner where Oxford Street becomes Kirkland Ave. Free parking is sometimes available for Paine Hall concerts. The garage is on Felton Street, at the corner of Broadway and Felton in Cambridge (opposite Broadway Market). Free parking is not always available. Please check your concert listing. Metered parking is available on Oxford, Kirkland, and several other nearby streets. Additionally, paid parking lots are available in Harvard Square. Meters are in effect until 6pm, then they're free. All metered spaces are free on Sundays. As you walk up Oxford Street, the Peabody Museum is on your left. Up a bit, and on your right at the bend in the road, is the Science Center. Walk into the Science Center and take a right at the information desk. Go out the Science Center doors and up the wooden ramp to the Music Building.
Walk through the building to Paine Hall, which is on the second floor. Paine Hall is at the back of a small quadrangle behind both the Littauer building and the small, white Gannett house directly opposite the Cambridge Common. You will find the Music Building if you walk directly through the Science Center (the building with the rock fountain out in front). Come through the front door and follow the hallway through the building to Paine Hall. Follow Oxford Street past Sanders Theatre. Enter the Science Center on your left and walk through the Science Center towards a large construction site. When you exit the Science Center you will see a wooden ramp that leads to the Music Building's front door. Come through the front door and follow the hallway through the building to Paine Hall.A civil rights lawyer is weighing in on the handicap ramp at the center of a neighborhood squabble. Vincent and Heidi Giesegh say their neighbors are threatening legal action if they don't remove the ramp.
The Gieseghs say they need it for their 16-year-old daughter Kirsten, who has Cerebral Palsy. The couple next door, the Gieseghs say, is worried that the ramp will hurt the value of their home. "We're trying to do our best to assist our daughter with her daily needs to get in and out of the house," Vincent Giesegh told 11 News. "As she goes into her spastic modes, we could just tumble down the stairs and both of us could get massively hurt," said Heidi Giesegh. Civil rights lawyer Amy Robertson says the Gieseghs are protected under the Fair Housing Act: The Fair Housing Act says that someone with disabilities has the right to have something like this ramp. The family has the right to use and enjoy their house, and the law prohibits anyone from interfering with that right. Now that lawyer, from the Denver-based Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center, is getting in touch with the neighbors. "We're sending a letter today to the neighbor, and again, the tone of that letter is very explanatory.
Just hoping that if they understand the law, that this problem will be resolved. Of course, if they want to meet, we'd certainly be open to a meeting," Robertson told 11 News. The Gieseghs neighborhood doesn't have an HOA, and the family says the city of Fountain told them it was ok to install the ramp and widen their driveway for a handicap van. 11 News went next door to get the neighbor's side of the story--they told us no comment. The family's home is part of a community under construction. We reached out to the home's builder, who says they've also received complaints from the neighbors. The Gieseghs say they've contacted the Rocky Mountain American Disability Center for help. Welcome to Special Needs Resource Project. Our intent is to help you, the parent, find a place to start in your quest for services and benefits for your child, no matter what the health issue or disability. We offer monthly newsletters, forms, resource lists, and basic information to help you get started.
As a parent, learning that your child has a severe handicapping medical condition or disability is one of the most frightening things you may ever have to face. You must know (and believe) there are many things that you as a parent can do for your child, regardless of what their diagnosis may be. Taking control of the situation is a very important first step. There is a great deal of responsibility involved in the treatment and care of your child and their medical condition. At times that responsibility can feel overwhelming. Taking baby steps, learning everything you can about your child's diagnosis and prognosis are all things you, the parent, can do to help lighten your load. We've put together a few things here to help get you started with this process. Military Parents: The same process applies to you, the Military Parent. It doesn't matter if you are an Active Duty career family living on a military base or career National Guard or Reserve living in a civlian community, the process is the same.