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[lisy_babe]

So nice of UCH to give my wheelchair a place to wait (what about me?) Shame about the bin, originally uploaded by Lisy Babe.

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[synecdochic]

Every time I see something like this, it makes me even more determined that my next career is going to be "accessibility consultant" for doctor's offices and hospitals: show up, be a pretend patient, and give them a report full of what they should be doing instead.

Arrrrrgh.

[lilacsigil]

My local council has an accessibility consultant, shared with two other councils. The consultant shows up and assesses your business or service, gives you a report and when you fix the problems you get a sticker for the door. Unfortunately, he (the one I've met was a man) has no powers to require a change.

[synecdochic]

Yeah, that's always going to be the problem: lack of authority to demand change. But in the event that someone genuinely does want to do better, and just lacks the information -- or someone who would want to do better if they were just, you know, exposed to the radical idea that perhaps PWD are people too -- I have hope that letting people know would be a good thing ...

[lilacsigil]

Yeah, we were building a new pharmacy and his suggestions were very helpful - for example, the shape of the lot meant that we had to have a very long building, but simple and cheap changes like adding a chair near the front for people who might not be able to make the walk down to the dispensary made a big difference.

[synecdochic]

It's amazing what the little things can do, isn't it?