Last week I met a very inspiring man named William Peace, who teaches bio-ethics and disability rights at Syracuse.

Peace was diagnosed with a rare disease when he was young, slowly becoming paralyzed over the series of multiple years until he was completely disabled at the age of 18. Peace told me that between the ages of 10 and 18, he was in the hospital about 60% of the time, and didn't get the opportunity experience secondary school. At a young age, he took up studying the college coursework of his older siblings whenever he could during his lengthy time in the hospital. Peace has used his knowledge and experience over the years to fight for disability rights, and has succeeded in helping change the public transit systems around the country with the creation of wheelchair accessibility features on busses. Peace continues to work to increase awareness about issues in disability services while teaching at Syracuse, and it was a pleasure speaking with him.

The following photos are an addition to the wheelchair accessibility story I have been working on with Audrey Morgan for Jerk Magazine.