Navigating Rio can be tough for those with disabilities

(Photo: The Associated Press)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Inside the Olympic Park, there are ramps, strategically placed railings, tactile paving inside venues, and more. It's evident that experts designed the grounds for the Summer Games and Paralympics to be accessible to people with disabilities.

But outside the venues is a different story. For those with disabilities, navigating Rio de Janeiro can range from inconvenient to daunting, something Brett Gravatt can attest to.

Gravatt is a student at Penn State who uses a wheelchair and is part of a journalism class visiting Brazil to help supplement coverage of the Paralympics for The Associated Press. Though the students are staying in a business…