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A helping hand: thanks to the efforts of a local resident, disabled persons in Nassau County, N.Y., have better pool access.(Donald Barbieri)
Donald Barbieri loves to swim with his 10-year-old daughter. In fact, swimming is the only physical activity that father and daughter can enjoy together.
That explains why the New Hyde Park, N.Y., resident with multiple sclerosis has become a staunch -- and successful -- activist for pool accessibility in Nassau County.
Supported by a well-placed political pal, Barbieri persuaded Nassau County on New York's Long Island to spend more than $40,000 on new disabled access equipment for all seven of the county's pools. And he managed to do it at a time when the county was mired in an ongoing fiscal crisis.
Barbieri has no plans to slow down. He ...
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