aquinasprime: (Screw up fairy)
aquinasprime ([personal profile] aquinasprime) wrote in [community profile] accessibility_fail2011-05-06 09:27 am

Major Fail

A condo board in Staten Island is fighting a mother who wants to install a wheelchair lift for her 4 year old daughter. There are so many things wrong with this that I'm not sure where to begin. Even worse, though, are the commenters on the article who are telling her to move because the condo has rules and she should just get over it.
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[personal profile] supermouse 2011-05-07 10:51 pm (UTC)(link)
What got me was the comments from the condo resident claiming that the mother was lying and never used the wheelchair for her daughter except for the photo op, and just wanted the lift to be selfish.

I mean duh, if the kid doesn't *need* a wheelchair lift why the hell would they fight so hard for one, since they're fugly and, if you *can* use stairs, stairs are more convenient and a lot faster.

That's like all those arguments about people being wheelchair users because 'they're too lazy too walk' when using a wheelchair is *way* more hassle for just about everything except scooting along long, flat stretches of ground.