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The ScoopJanuary 25, 2025

PHOTOS: Navigating a difficult course

Disability Action Center NW sets up obstacles so people can experience how difficult it can be to get around when using a wheelchair

Krosby, left, 4, sits on mom Ariel Johanson’s lap Tuesday as brother Konrad, center, 1, and grandmother Bobbie Ryder, executive director of the Downtown Pullman Association, help push the pair from behind with family friend Rowan, right, 2, through a wheelchair obstacle course at Pullman City Hall. The course was brought to the council chambers by the Disability Action Center to educate Pullman Public Works employees, city staff and the public on common barriers faced daily by people with disabilities in the community.
Krosby, left, 4, sits on mom Ariel Johanson’s lap Tuesday as brother Konrad, center, 1, and grandmother Bobbie Ryder, executive director of the Downtown Pullman Association, help push the pair from behind with family friend Rowan, right, 2, through a wheelchair obstacle course at Pullman City Hall. The course was brought to the council chambers by the Disability Action Center to educate Pullman Public Works employees, city staff and the public on common barriers faced daily by people with disabilities in the community.Liesbeth Powers/Moscow-Pullman Daily News
Jerid Hilderbrand, a firefighter paramedic with the Pullman Fire Department, races to the end of the wheelchair obstacle course as fellow firefighters time the event with a stopwatch Tuesday at Pullman City Hall.
Jerid Hilderbrand, a firefighter paramedic with the Pullman Fire Department, races to the end of the wheelchair obstacle course as fellow firefighters time the event with a stopwatch Tuesday at Pullman City Hall.Liesbeth Powers/Moscow-Pullman Daily News
Deb Peschel, Human Resources manager with the city of Pullman, works to open a door while on an incline in a wheelchair Tuesday as part of the wheelchair obstacle course brought by the Disability Action Center NW to Pullman City Hall.
Deb Peschel, Human Resources manager with the city of Pullman, works to open a door while on an incline in a wheelchair Tuesday as part of the wheelchair obstacle course brought by the Disability Action Center NW to Pullman City Hall.Liesbeth Powers/Moscow-Pullman Daily News
Washington State University students Megan Wahlquist, left, and Isabelle Morris talk with Mark Leeper, right, executive director for the Disability Action Center NW, about possible modifications to the wheelchair obstacle course Tuesday at Pullman City Hall. This was the first outing for the course, which was designed and built by student engineers including Wahlquist last semester, and it will be transported to Moscow and Boise in the spring for additional educational events with the DAC.
Washington State University students Megan Wahlquist, left, and Isabelle Morris talk with Mark Leeper, right, executive director for the Disability Action Center NW, about possible modifications to the wheelchair obstacle course Tuesday at Pullman City Hall. This was the first outing for the course, which was designed and built by student engineers including Wahlquist last semester, and it will be transported to Moscow and Boise in the spring for additional educational events with the DAC.Liesbeth Powers/Moscow-Pullman Daily News
Clayton Forsmann, left, city of Pullman Deputy Public Works Director, leans back in a wheelchair as he reaches the final barrier of the wheelchair obstacle course, a down ramp, Tuesday at Pullman City Hall. Disability Action Center NW outreach coordinator Vicki Leeper and executive director Mark Leeper, right, watch from across the room.
Clayton Forsmann, left, city of Pullman Deputy Public Works Director, leans back in a wheelchair as he reaches the final barrier of the wheelchair obstacle course, a down ramp, Tuesday at Pullman City Hall. Disability Action Center NW outreach coordinator Vicki Leeper and executive director Mark Leeper, right, watch from across the room.Liesbeth Powers/Moscow-Pullman Daily News
Disability Action Center NW outreach coordinator Vicki Leeper points out different barriers in the center’s wheelchair obstacle course to Pullman Public Works employees preparing to take on the challenge Tuesday at Pullman City Hall. These barriers, designed to emulate common barriers faced daily by people with disabilities, included high thresholds, opening a door on a slope, thick turf, overhanging shrubbery, and potholes and cracks in sidewalk surfaces.
Disability Action Center NW outreach coordinator Vicki Leeper points out different barriers in the center’s wheelchair obstacle course to Pullman Public Works employees preparing to take on the challenge Tuesday at Pullman City Hall. These barriers, designed to emulate common barriers faced daily by people with disabilities, included high thresholds, opening a door on a slope, thick turf, overhanging shrubbery, and potholes and cracks in sidewalk surfaces.Liesbeth Powers/Moscow-Pullman Daily News
The wheel of a wheelchair is caught in the portion of the obstacle course meant to emulate potholes in sidewalk surfaces Tuesday as Pullman Public Works employees try out the course at Pullman City Hall.
The wheel of a wheelchair is caught in the portion of the obstacle course meant to emulate potholes in sidewalk surfaces Tuesday as Pullman Public Works employees try out the course at Pullman City Hall.Liesbeth Powers/Moscow-Pullman D
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