You Fail At Accessibility

[synecdochic]

Have you ever been in an 'accessible' hotel room that had an half-inch-high curb at the threshhold? Ever been caught in a 22" wide wheelchair facing down a 20" door? Ever been assured that the allegedly-accessible route has 'just' one step?

Take a picture. Then post it to the community, with where you were, what you noticed, and why that place fails at accessibility. (Filing ADA violation reports can be a community bonding activity!)

Pictures aren't necessary, and whether or not you have a picture, describe the situation as completely as you can. (That way those with visual-based disabilities can share in the mocking of the fail as well.) And if you come across someplace that does it right, please also feel free to post accessibility wins.

(All kinds of accessibility fail welcome: mobility-based, visual-based, physical-world, online-world, anything at all.)

Comments

[norabombay]

Awesome. I mean, not awesome that things are inaccessible. But awesome it is included.

Fat Fail is usually a fail on some other level- if it's not wide enough for me? It's certainly not wide enough for a wheelchair.

[synecdochic]

Exactly! And while I don't really want to class "fat" as a disability, per se, and the frustration that caused this comm to be born was one too many instances of the ADA getting flagrantly violated under my nose, something doesn't necessarily have to be ADA-noncompliant to be an accessibility fail. If that makes any sense.

[norabombay]

well, yes- fat is very much not a disability. I don't see it interfering with my daily life, or the gym, or work or whatever. But it does create the random issue with access.

And 90% of the time, that access issue applies to other people as well.

It is annoying that the stripper pole for Flirty Girl Fitness only holds 180lbs. But that isn't an access issue, that's just- well, actually Flirty Girl Fitness is an entire problem all it's own, but not for reasons of access.

That the bathrooms in public places are too small for me? Than they are going to be impossible for anyone who is using a wheel chair or some other form of mobility assistance.

I think this is an argument for me to continue to take my digital camera everywhere I go...