Quad Carl puts disability rights in the spotlight with wheelchair journey from Neenah to Madison
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Disability rights advocate Carl Schulze is joined by supporters at the state Capitol after he traveled from Neenah to Madison in his wheelchair to raise awareness of home health care needs. More than 20 people joined Schulze at the Capitol, where he and other disability rights advocates voiced their concerns about inconsistencies in home health care and cuts to Medicaid.
AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Disability rights advocate Carl Schulze, filmed by his caregiver, Katelynn Wickesberg, left, is joined by supporters at the state Capitol.
AMBER ARNOLD photos, STATE JOURNAL
Disability rights advocate Carl Schulze, right, meets Stacie Prochaska, of Arena, on Friday in Madison. Prochaska and Schulze stayed relatively close on their way to the Capitol, setting a pleasant pace for supporters traveling with them.
At noon on Friday, Carl Schulze put a hand on the stone railing encircling the state Capitol, turned in the wheelchair in which he’d completed his journey and faced a couple of dozen supporters.
Disability rights advocate Carl Schulze is joined by supporters at the state Capitol after he traveled from Neenah to Madison in his wheelchair to raise awareness of home health care needs. More than 20 people joined Schulze at the Capitol, where he and other disability rights advocates voiced their concerns about inconsistencies in home health care and cuts to Medicaid.
Disability rights advocate Carl Schulze, right, meets Stacie Prochaska, of Arena, on Friday in Madison. Prochaska and Schulze stayed relatively close on their way to the Capitol, setting a pleasant pace for supporters traveling with them.
