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archersangel ([personal profile] archersangel) wrote in [community profile] accessibility_fail2009-07-15 06:24 pm
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room 840 in the marriott downtown, los angeles

first let me say that neither my brother or i are disabled & wouldn't have taken this "accessible room" but it was the only one that was available.

point 1; the door was standard width & i had trouble wheeling my wheeled duffel over the threshold, so i imagine it would be hard for someone in a wheelchair.

point 2; the room itself was small, with only about 18-20 inches between the beds. about a foot between the bed on the right and the wall for the bathroom. the bed on the left was about 2 1/2 feet from the window, but there was a big armchair by the head of the bed. there was a good deal of space from the foot of the beds to the TV & desk.

point 3; the bathroom did have a rail by the toilet, but the toilet was in an alcove between the shower & bathroom wall. there was a rail in the shower, but it was a standard bathtub. the sink wasn't a vanity, but it seemed too high for someone in a wheelchair to use & the mirror didn't go all of the way down behind it.

so other than the rails, i saw little that would make this an "accessible room."

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