Call me bitter these days, but I'm almost surprised that the crawling was not taken as proof that the office was, indeed, accessible to the non-lazy.
Then again, most of my education happened before the ADA went into effect, and they rarely even pretended to think about accessibility. I temporarily needed a wheelchair, and realized I was very lucky indeed that I could just about crutch my way around after abandoning it in a hallway. The high school I started at stuck their generalized Special Needs room--about as bad a dumping ground as it sounds, anyway--on the second floor, with only stair access. Everybody with mobility problems ended up in a neighboring district which at least tried to do all kinds of accessibility (and so did I, eventually). That, of course, was taken as proof that things didn't need to change--where were the disabled students?!
Just got prompted by the pre-ADA mention. ;) Unfortunately, the "where are the disabled people?" thing is still a self-fulfilling problem, AFAICT.
Re: Second hand story, but I've corroborated it...
Then again, most of my education happened before the ADA went into effect, and they rarely even pretended to think about accessibility. I temporarily needed a wheelchair, and realized I was very lucky indeed that I could just about crutch my way around after abandoning it in a hallway. The high school I started at stuck their generalized Special Needs room--about as bad a dumping ground as it sounds, anyway--on the second floor, with only stair access. Everybody with mobility problems ended up in a neighboring district which at least tried to do all kinds of accessibility (and so did I, eventually). That, of course, was taken as proof that things didn't need to change--where were the disabled students?!
Just got prompted by the pre-ADA mention. ;) Unfortunately, the "where are the disabled people?" thing is still a self-fulfilling problem, AFAICT.