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accessibility_fail2009-06-15 01:20 am
trouble) wrote in accessibility_fail2009-06-15 01:20 am
Disability Fail: Nova Scotia Election Edition
I wrote an entire curse-filled rant about this on my Dee-Wee, but I'll sum it up here.
We went to the Disability-Focused forum during our recent election. Basically, a representative from three of our political parties would be there to answer questions (it turned out they were pre-selected and submitted by agencies, because "it wouldn't be fair for them to have to answer questions from everyone without having pre-prepped answers"). This was organised by the various aid agencies in the city.
It did not have spaces set aside for wheel-chair users.
There was no 'terp for the Deaf.
There was no designated seating for people who needed to be close for lip-reading or other visual-related issues.
The chairs were very close together, making it difficult for people using walkers or canes or other mobility aids to get through to selected seats.
And, as alluded to, no people with disabilities were allowed to ask questions. Even after I threw a fit and guilted them into allowing questions from the audience, the agencies still asked two of the three questions.
I was very unimpressed.
We went to the Disability-Focused forum during our recent election. Basically, a representative from three of our political parties would be there to answer questions (it turned out they were pre-selected and submitted by agencies, because "it wouldn't be fair for them to have to answer questions from everyone without having pre-prepped answers"). This was organised by the various aid agencies in the city.
It did not have spaces set aside for wheel-chair users.
There was no 'terp for the Deaf.
There was no designated seating for people who needed to be close for lip-reading or other visual-related issues.
The chairs were very close together, making it difficult for people using walkers or canes or other mobility aids to get through to selected seats.
And, as alluded to, no people with disabilities were allowed to ask questions. Even after I threw a fit and guilted them into allowing questions from the audience, the agencies still asked two of the three questions.
I was very unimpressed.
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