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Chris Murphy

Job Title
Information Specialist
Biography
Chris Murphy is an Information Specialist who focuses on architectural elements of the ADA, and title II/III of the law. He focuses on covered entity’s obligations for providing accessibility interplay with existing structures and new design elements for The Rocky Mountain ADA Center. He joined the team in 2016.

Chris lives with an invisible disability, Brachial Plexus Palsy, which is permanent nerve damage in his left arm/hand/shoulder caused by a traumatic birth injury. He is a current Team USA Para-Cycling National Team member, 2017 2x world champion, 2016 Paralympian, 15x national champion. He grew up in southern California, moved to Colorado Springs in 2014 to train for the Paralympic Games.

A true renaissance man, Chris worked as a musician for Disneyland from 2007-2012 and can be seen playing trombone in the 2012 Warner Bros. movie Gangster Squad, starring Josh Brolin, Emma Stone, and Ryan Gosling.

Chris studied music performance in college at California State University, Fullerton with a focus on BM Trombone performance.
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Blog Article

Celebrating the ADA

The ADA’s anniversary is rapidly approaching. I reflect on what the ADA stands for, both in terms of what it means to people with disabilities but also what it means to our country as a whole.
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Blog Article

Clearances: Lowest of the Low-hanging Fruit

What better way to celebrate the ADA than by furthering its implementation? In this post, I highlight one of the most common access barriers that is almost universally easy and free to remove.
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Blog Article

How is the ADA Implemented?

I pose and answer questions of how the ADA generally is intended to be implemented as a reflection of the upcoming 35th anniversary of the Act being signed into law.
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Blog Article

Do Emergency Responder Facilities Need to be Accessible?

We get questions asking if spaces intended for "able-bodied" people can be exempt from the access requirements of the ADA. This post provides guidance from the DOJ as well as asking questions to hopefully reframe the initial reasoning of questioner.
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Blog Article

2025 Sidewalks

Looking towards the 35th anniversary of the ADA, today’s blog post focuses on the history of barriers for people with disabilities and how today’s emerging technology is mirroring that history.
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Blog Article

Project's Directors Meeting Recap

Chris had the opportunity to accompany our Project Director, Emily, to the quarterly Project Directors meeting in Washington, D.C.