COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Under the Chris Hinds Act signed into law in 2018, Colorado drivers with disabilities can apply for purple placards. Those placards allow them to no longer have to pay for parking at meters across the state.
With the help of a local disability advocate organization, Independence Center, one Colorado Springs driver with disabilities and lawmakers updated the law so that it could help more people with disabilities.
“I can’t barely see the numbers. I can’t reach,” said Jim Vacik…