IN THE PRESS
Independent News Coverage, Disability Rights Advocacy, Accessibility Enforcement & Media Appearances
Ghost Light Access and its founder, Kelsey Maurine Brickl, have appeared in national and independent news coverage examining disability discrimination, accessibility law, civil rights enforcement, autonomous transportation, and the treatment of Disabled people by major corporations and public institutions.
This page will be updated regularly.
Featured News Coverage
Nick Sortor Receives a Cease-and-Desist Letter for Facilitating the Livestream of the Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution
Primetimer | October 10, 2026 | Anuj Basak
Primetimer reports on a cease-and-desist letter issued by Ghost Light Access Founder Kelsey Maurine Brickl to political commentator Nick Sortor concerning his proposed livestream of Nidal Hasan’s execution.
The article examines Brickl’s concerns about graphic execution footage spreading through social media, particularly the involuntary exposure of children and Disabled students who depend on internet-connected devices for education.
The reporting quotes Brickl’s correspondence, including her distinction between choosing to watch an execution and encountering graphic footage through algorithmic recommendations or third-party redistribution. Ghost Light Access is also covering the situation here.
Read the full article on Primetimer
Waymo’s Nevada Rollout Violates Accessibility Law, Disability Activist Claims
Streetsblog USA | September 10, 2026 | Ren Zaro Fitzgerald
Streetsblog USA reports on Ghost Light Access founder Kelsey Maurine Brickl’s emergency petition challenging the Nevada Transportation Authority’s authorization of Waymo’s autonomous taxi operations in Las Vegas.
The investigation examines wheelchair accessibility requirements for autonomous vehicles, the limitations of outsourced accessible transportation, and the consequences of deploying driverless fleets without equivalent service for complex power-wheelchair users.
The article includes an interview with Brickl, a response from Waymo spokesperson Ethan Teicher, and scrutiny of the Nevada Transportation Authority’s handling of the petition.
Brickl argues that autonomous transportation must comply with existing disability-rights obligations and that technological innovation cannot justify reducing access for Disabled passengers. Her related analysis appears in Getting to London’s West End in a Complex Power Wheelchair.
Read the full article on Streetsblog USA
Published Commentary
Disney Disability-Policy Changes Narrow Options
Orlando Sentinel | April 4, 2026 | Kelsey Maurine Brickl
In her published Orlando Sentinel commentary, “Disney Disability-Policy Changes Narrow Options,” Ghost Light Access founder Kelsey Maurine Brickl examines Walt Disney World’s controversial changes to its Disability Access Service (DAS) and their consequences for Disabled visitors and families.
Drawing on her experience as a full-time complex power-wheelchair user, historian, disability-rights advocate, and parent of a Disabled child, Brickl challenges the practical and legal adequacy of Disney’s alternative queue accommodations, including their implications for medical safety, caregiver support, and emergency evacuation.
The commentary addresses her formal disability-discrimination complaint before the Florida Commission on Human Relations and places Disney’s policies within the broader framework of civil rights enforcement and corporate accountability.
Brickl subsequently documented the administrative proceedings, Disney’s sworn representations concerning her prescription wheelchair, disputed hearing accommodations, and her October 2026 voluntary withdrawal without a merits determination in “The Happiest Docket on Earth,” published by Ghost Light Access.
About Kelsey Maurine Brickl
Kelsey Maurine Brickl is a New York City-based historian, journalist, writer, and Disability Civil Rights Enforcement Specialist. Originally from Chicago, she founded Ghost Light Access, Accessible France, and Archive Voices. Her work spans disability-rights enforcement, history, theatre criticism, cultural institutions, transportation, and public accountability.
Brickl holds a Postgraduate Certificate in European History with Honours from the University of Edinburgh, Secondary Education Teaching Certification in Social Studies and TESOL from Edgewood University, double minors in Irish Language and Literature and Irish Studies from the University of Notre Dame, graduating summa cum laude, and a BA in History from Saint Mary’s College.
Her disability-rights work includes regulatory complaints, administrative proceedings, investigations, and published examinations of major entertainment companies, transportation providers, theatres, and public institutions. Her work combines firsthand disability experience with historical research, legal analysis, and primary-source documentation.
Brickl lives with documented severe neuromuscular disease and cardiac disabilities requiring the full-time use of a custom prescription complex rehabilitation wheelchair as well as an implanted loop recorder and pacemaker. She also has diagnosed PTSD, numerous very severe allergies, trigeminal neuralgia, and is the parent of a Disabled child.
A hyperpolyglot, lifelong vegetarian, and avid reader and traveler, Brickl enjoys exploring museums, reading and writing, spending time with her cats and family, taking in cultural events, and dining in exciting new restaurants.
Her educational qualifications, professional history, publications, and advocacy work are documented through her LinkedIn profile and personal website.
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