tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post3775059806511850886..comments2024-03-29T03:43:45.977-04:00Comments on Of Battered Aspect: Reporting, Permission and ExpertiseDave Hingsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-50721850981573071952014-04-21T23:18:13.168-04:002014-04-21T23:18:13.168-04:00Perhaps...perhaps the woman learned something. Lik...Perhaps...perhaps the woman learned something. Like a pebble into a pond, we do what we can to ripple throughout society. Thanks, Dave.B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-60103776621304247342014-04-21T21:28:08.804-04:002014-04-21T21:28:08.804-04:00In the United States (and I realize you're Can...In the United States (and I realize you're Canada not the U.S.--I know you know I know that, but I indicate this for the benefit of others who don't know that I know that :-) ) under the Americans with Disabilities Act, not only newly constructed buildings but also any "significant" reconstruction of existing buildings need to be made accessible. Basically, if you're tearing down a part of the building then the part that you build back up again needs to be accessible. So in the U.S., what they did would be illegal under the ADA.<br /><br />Alas, I don't know about Canada in general or Toronto in particular. If they haven't already, then Canada ought to pass its own equivalent of the ADA, though ideally they should first examine both the strengths and weaknesses in how the ADA has been implemented here during the past 24 years and consider how to maximize the successes while preventing the difficulties we have also faced. Plus, it should be something more up to date than the ADA to account for evolving technologies that today enable certain kinds of access (such as captions in movie theaters that can be seen by deaf people without annoying hearing people who don't want to see them) that were at best in their infancy at the time the ADA was passed and thus were not written into the ADA.Andrea S.http://andreashettle.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-64148684683552553662014-04-21T18:36:53.164-04:002014-04-21T18:36:53.164-04:00Oh Dave. Sigh. And then grrrr.Oh Dave. Sigh. And then grrrr.emma vanderklifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16870867310076531586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-45105432300135335512014-04-21T16:07:10.731-04:002014-04-21T16:07:10.731-04:00I've been reading your blog for a while now an...I've been reading your blog for a while now and I love it because it really makes me think. Today I thought of you when my mail carrier left a packaged on the floor outside my apartment door - even though I was home at the time, he didn't bother to knock - and I had to figure out how to get the package inside and into my hands. You see, I have a very bad back and have a great deal of trouble bending over. While the packaged was not heavy, it was too large for my service dog to pick it up. I was frustrated, almost angry, as I kicked the box repeatedly until it made it across the floor and came to rest by my couch. Then I could sit down and pick it up. Unfortunately, this has happened before and I cannot seem to get delivery people to stop leaving my packaged on the ground. I'm sure they assume everyone can bend over to pick them up, but that is not the case.<br /><br />I do not use a wheelchair and I do not have nearly as many problems with accessibility as you do. And I'm glad, because I don't think I would handle them with the grace that you usually seem to. It frustrates me a great deal. I get frustrated on your behalf sometimes.<br /><br />Anyway, thanks for a great blog that makes me think.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12148829637378959413noreply@blogger.com