I've got one. University of Kentucky, Slone Building. Has: -no automatic doors or door-opening buttons at the entrance or exit so that if, for instance, you are like my friend H. and are wheelchair-bound with cerebral palsy, you cannot open the door to enter or exit the building without someone else's assistance. -an elevator accessible only at the back of the building, which must be reached either a) by walking around the exterior to the rear of the building, climbing a small flight of stairs, and opening a non-automatic door, or b) using the front non-automatic door and proceeding the 50 yards to the rear of the building (through another set of non-automatic doors) to reach the service elevator. -all of the classrooms located on the second and third floors, accessible either by stairs or inconvenient elevator
I first noticed this in November of 2007, when I had broken my leg and was crutching around campus. I discovered through painful experience that managing crutches, a full backpack, the doors, stairs, elevator, AND not putting any weight on the broken leg was a task best suited to someone with more resources than I had; e.g. someone with four arms instead of the standard two, or possibly telekinesis.
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University of Kentucky, Slone Building.
Has:
-no automatic doors or door-opening buttons at the entrance or exit so that if, for instance, you are like my friend H. and are wheelchair-bound with cerebral palsy, you cannot open the door to enter or exit the building without someone else's assistance.
-an elevator accessible only at the back of the building, which must be reached either a) by walking around the exterior to the rear of the building, climbing a small flight of stairs, and opening a non-automatic door, or b) using the front non-automatic door and proceeding the 50 yards to the rear of the building (through another set of non-automatic doors) to reach the service elevator.
-all of the classrooms located on the second and third floors, accessible either by stairs or inconvenient elevator
I first noticed this in November of 2007, when I had broken my leg and was crutching around campus. I discovered through painful experience that managing crutches, a full backpack, the doors, stairs, elevator, AND not putting any weight on the broken leg was a task best suited to someone with more resources than I had; e.g. someone with four arms instead of the standard two, or possibly telekinesis.