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accessibility_fail2009-06-14 09:54 pm
synecdochic) wrote in accessibility_fail2009-06-14 09:54 pm
You Fail At Accessibility
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.)
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.)
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1. Something I've noticed so many times - the automatic door-closers on public bathrooms that are so tight that it takes a strong effort from me to enter and exit. It must be hell for people in a wheelchair, or using a walker or crutches -- or just kind of old and weak, dammit!
2. This happened years ago. Upgraded bathrooms at the local county fairgrounds, nicely handicapped-accessible - with a honkin' big trashcan placed to block wheelchair access to the entry. (Walking in was no problem.) I went to the fair office to point it out; they sort of blanched and one woman immediately got up to rectify the situation. But... why did they have to be told?
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