Accessibility Fails
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Just stayed in the “accessible room” of a hotel in Okinawa and they had a big, flat roll-in shower but no shower chair
They searched for a chair that could get wet, but only found a wobbly stool.
So I had to hold my head over the side of my wheelchair into the shower.
There is only a narrow path to the bed but no room next to the bed so I had…
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DEFINITELY Josh I hope you laid a HUGE complaint and got a full refund on the room. I think that’s despicable I can’t bear it when hotels advertise a room as accessible and have never had a wheelchair user use it. I can remember we went to a large chain of hotels in Singapore 2 years ago and of course I asked for an accessible room (as I’m…
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I agree completely
Manchester Albert Hall fail
I attended this venue a few weeks ago to watch Billy Talent (absolutely amazing band btw!) and hubby booked accessible tickets as always.
We get to the venue, go to the front as we are always told to do, to find out that there was a step into the venue but no ramp, events though we clearly stated on the email…
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That is horrible! Just shows that communication is the essential first step towards accessibility. I hope they learned that and your pain wasn’t in vain. Also, I trust your scooter was ok?
Billie Talent from Canada?!
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Found the accessible public washroom … not!!!
Can you find the toilet??
(Hotel in port of Piraeus, Greece)
Found this on Twitter today:
https://twitter.com/oneoffdave1/status/1635990809731366914?s=46&t=NWteHsQRt0uFsgngkdEDHw
Encountered this mirror in accessible loo today! pic.twitter.com/uRtuw46bwl
— OneOffDave (@OneOffDave1) March 15, 2023
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I know that non-italians do not love bidets (and good luck getting on that one by the way) – but us Italians would never put a mirror so you can see where you are washing…. it’s supposed to be a tactile only experience
Oops, might have been the wrong person to do this to. Thankfully it will likely help bring attention to the situation!
independent.co.uk
Disabled journalist abandoned on plane after landing at Gatwick
‘Just WHY are UK airports so consistently crap at getting disabled people off planes?’ rages BBC’s security correspondent
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