Re: [TMIC] Accessibility & Relationships

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:06:59 -0700

I HATE them and it's hard to get to the sidewalk without someone pushing me
Caster wheels get caught in between the bumps. (this is sooooooo true)!!!
-------------- Original message from "Cindy McLeroy" <cindymcle...@socal.rr.com>: --------------

And Sandy, how do you like the yellow medal plates that are being installed at the curb cutouts?  Supposedly they are meant for the blind so that their sticks feel the different surface.  I haven't talked to a blind person, a w/c user, or a fellow pushing grocery carts that like the danged things.  Caster wheels get caught in between the bumps. This change was a lawsuit that back fired.
 
Version Amphitheater in Irvine  has done an amazing job of raising a portion of the seating above the orchestra section so folks in wheelchairs can see the stage when the rest of the people below are standing.  Love it there.
 
One of the ADA limits has to do with cost.  If the modification is too costly and the building can show that, then they don't have to modify.  Also, if the building is historic, they don't have to modify. 
 
Cindy (sitting home waiting for an otho doctor to get me in with a very severe broken leg...been to emergency already and had a splint)
 
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 2:44 PM
Subject: Re: [TMIC] Accessibility & Relationships

Add to the list of complaints:  Have you noticed that at many hotels, the ADA rooms are furthest from the elevators?  And yes, you are lucky if they have ADA rooms on the first floor.  Also, the rooms often face the parking lot and seldom the garden, pool or view?  Is this discrimination?  I feel it is.
 
At some commercial stores or restaurants we have had to get Terry through the kitchen or the back door to get to the bathroom. In one instance, we had to go two buildings down!   In passing, I mentioned this to a Civil Rights attorney I know and he said, "lawsuit".  We haven't pursued that, of course.  This friend has filed many suits against large hotel chains, music festivals, etc., as they are hardly ADA compliant.  He himself is disabled and knows first hand the discrimination.  I am not saying whatsoever that every place discriminates, not by a long shot.  But many business owners are not very aware of the disadvantages that people in wheelchairs are faced with.
 
That's my tangent for the day.  As a wife of a TM'er, if I have time tomorrow, I will try to address the relationship issue.  

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