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Framingham mourns its fiercest advocate for the disabled, Karen Foran Dempsey
FRAMINGHAM Karen Foran Dempsey hated words like wheelchair-bound and wheelchair-restricted.
Dempsey saw her motorized scooter as a gift, not a burden, according to her sister, City Councilor Janet Leombruno. It helped get her to places she needed to go.
“Karen would say, ‘No, I’m not restricted to a wheelchair. These are my wheels. These are my legs. This is my freedom,’” Leombruno recalled.
For the past few decades, Dempsey made a name for herself in Framingham as a tenacious advocate for the disability community, using her various roles in public office to make her hometown a more accessible place.