tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post9129620759986032819..comments2024-03-29T03:43:45.977-04:00Comments on Of Battered Aspect: Shhh, Quiet PleaseDave Hingsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-92035601388629367852014-01-17T02:34:05.692-05:002014-01-17T02:34:05.692-05:00Your comments are timely. Just when I thought the...Your comments are timely. Just when I thought there had been a few steps towards inclusion - I've just come across some situations similar to yours. A store that use to be accessible via a swinging "gate" verses the turnstile now requires attention from a clerk to open. What is with that??? What has possibly happened that means those with mobility issues, or perhaps those with strollers - are no longer allowed equal access. I couldn't believe it! Made me madder than a hatter. So much for the small steps forward - giant strides backwards!!! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-993487276242687712014-01-16T23:41:24.298-05:002014-01-16T23:41:24.298-05:00It's nice to know I'm not the only one out...It's nice to know I'm not the only one out here in these situations (this is where I say 'thanks Dave') but it's also sad to know these situations just keep happening. B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-29254272355955644652014-01-16T17:01:29.147-05:002014-01-16T17:01:29.147-05:00You might just as well have said "don't m...You might just as well have said "don't make me beg to enter."<br /><br />I've thought about your post "what do disabled people want" and have my answer on my blog. I wonder if it is in line with your thoughts, Dave.<br />http://bit.ly/s2WtJPAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13698445603454859506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-4179063430894515192014-01-16T14:29:48.793-05:002014-01-16T14:29:48.793-05:00I remember the story I read about an American town...I remember the story I read about an American town that didn't want to have an Army base near it.<br /><br />The paymaster paid all the Army personnel one Friday with $2 bills (which are rare).<br /><br />After the merchants checked their cash registers the following Monday, there was never again a peep about the base.<br /><br />Merchants need to be made aware, somehow, that if disabled people can't get to their stores, the disabled people won't spend money there.<br /><br />Ditto for theaters, movie houses, and other forms of entertainment that make it difficult to impossible for people to get in.<br /><br />It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy: disabled people aren't worth the effort because they don't spend.<br /><br />No wonder Amazon gets my dollars - to them I am not disabled - just another person with a keyboard and a credit card.<br /><br />But giving up means giving up getting out of the house, and for most disabled people, that's not a good solution. (Disclosure: I have CFS and such low energy that I rarely leave the house. Both because of barriers and by choice - not worth the expenditure.)<br /><br />Alicia<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-38227253548759431772014-01-16T11:16:37.774-05:002014-01-16T11:16:37.774-05:00Hey Dave
Just another example of how the ableist ...Hey Dave<br /><br />Just another example of how the ableist world doesn't "get it". I am so annoyed when I run into situations like you describe that I generally won't go into that store. I once went into a Canadian Tire and there was a full 7' tall 5' wide shelf in front of the accessible entrance! And the manager didn't seem to understand my annoyance. Geesh! Isn't this type of thing covered under the new Ontarions with Disabilities Act? Seems to me that accessibility MUST be something you can achieve without assistance, otherwise how is that considered accessible? Jo Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09072719336851076572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-85039843757966017842014-01-16T10:21:38.134-05:002014-01-16T10:21:38.134-05:00We know how to do this. Universal design has been ...We know how to do this. Universal design has been around for a long time now. I don't get why we aren't just doing it!Colleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-70625553235046477682014-01-16T09:38:22.980-05:002014-01-16T09:38:22.980-05:00Why does it have to be o complicated? Access is so...Why does it have to be o complicated? Access is something we will all need at some point in our lives. Why can't we make it the norm in an easy, no problems way? Why do we have to make a great scene?<br />One of my brothers used to joke about his in laws who wanted to help disabled people so much they virtually provided a chain of people to help someone to the toilet! How awful and why should they have to? Just make it so its easy to go about life in all our own sweet or not so sweet ways.Jayne walesnoreply@blogger.com