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

[2naonh3_cl2]

Firstly: *applauds* I am not handicapped, but I work with the disabled, and seriously, "handicapped accessible" is sometimes such a load of crap. I weigh about 110, and trying to get a wheelchair bound person up the "tiny, little, bump" sometimes requires more than me.

Secondly: NYC subway stations. Handicapped accessible? It's a fifty-fifty toss up. They will tell you on the MTA website if that particular station is accessible, but certain parts of the lines do fail. As well as maneuvering yourself, once you get into the station, WTF.

http://www.mta.info/mta/ada/stations.htm#manhattan

[niqaeli]

Yeah, there's no guarantee that the 'accessible' station at the other end has its elevator in working repair; you can quite easily get stranded underground.

(My sister-in-law spent some four months in a wheelchair in New York. She apparently didn't go out much. Or, you know. Ever.)

[pthalo]

Here in Hungary, the entire subway system in Budapest has three elevators. That is, there are probably about 100 metro stations, and three of those stations have elevators. A tourist in a wheelchair could quite easily see an elevator, use it to enter the metro station, and then find himself stuck at his destination, faced with a really, really long narrow escalator or a really, really long flight of stairs.