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accessibility_fail2010-03-13 02:15 pm
killing_rose) wrote in accessibility_fail2010-03-13 02:15 pm
My college library, the continuing adventures
Because the library stairs are steep, I've noticed that I have more of a tendency to nearly fall while using them than I do on other stairs on campus. I've had a number of increasingly close calls in the past several weeks, primarily because my balance has been more shot than normal. I can live with the pain that using stairs creates for me; however, I figured that it wasn't really bright to keep risking my life for books.
As previously detailed, back in October or some such, the librarians don't allow students use the elevator. My hope was that they would be willing to let people use the elevator anyway, if they (I) actually needed to.
Today, I finally braved talking to the librarian. (Mostly because it was one who hasn't screamed at me in the past.)
And she said, "Well, we can check out an elevator key to you. But well, not today."
"Oh?"
"The elevator's broken. We're not letting anyone use it, though we have been sending books back and forth."
This makes sense to me, so I nod in agreement--I can stay on the first floor for a while. Or go up and down carefully.
Apparently, I can check out the key on Monday, probably.
This, however, is not the fail. I'm counting it as a accessibility win, albeit with caveats.
The fail is that, to talk to the nice woman at the desk, I had to walk up a flight of stairs to reach the first floor at all.
Oh, humans.
As previously detailed, back in October or some such, the librarians don't allow students use the elevator. My hope was that they would be willing to let people use the elevator anyway, if they (I) actually needed to.
Today, I finally braved talking to the librarian. (Mostly because it was one who hasn't screamed at me in the past.)
And she said, "Well, we can check out an elevator key to you. But well, not today."
"Oh?"
"The elevator's broken. We're not letting anyone use it, though we have been sending books back and forth."
This makes sense to me, so I nod in agreement--I can stay on the first floor for a while. Or go up and down carefully.
Apparently, I can check out the key on Monday, probably.
This, however, is not the fail. I'm counting it as a accessibility win, albeit with caveats.
The fail is that, to talk to the nice woman at the desk, I had to walk up a flight of stairs to reach the first floor at all.
Oh, humans.
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They should just give keys to students with mobility disabilities upon request once (if?) they fix it. I hope it works out soon.