Accessibility Fails
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This sounds horrible! Have you had an experience like this?
independent.co.uk
Disabled passenger forced to drag himself up station steps after train gets cancelled
‘I was in agony and tears halfway up,’ says former rugby player
A very sad fail this time… 😭
bbc.com
Gatwick: Passenger with restricted mobility dies after leaving flight
The man, a restricted mobility passenger, left an EasyJet plane and later fell on an escalator.
Ok, but you go first
Hello Tabifolk(ers) (could that be a word? Only @joshgrisdale can decide). I have a hot new mega accessibility fail for you, which I am currently working on solving: the brand new Gare Maritime in Brussels.
Opened a few months ago to the public, it was a major renovation project here in old Brux, one of the maxi storage buildings of the Tour…Josh Grisdale9 Comments-
Oh no! What would you do if you in a rush! Or if there isn’t someone around to take the barrier down? Or if both of those coincided! Please keep us updated if you hear back from the owner.
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This wouldn’t pass code in the US. My primary concern would be what if they let you in, forgot you were still in there and put the bars back, then there’s a fire! Suddenly this is a hazard that firefighters can’t easily remove for you, especially if it’s smoky. There are other turnstiles that open like a door that would work here and… Read more
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Travel all that way and…
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-59128618
bbc.com
COP26: Minister in wheelchair unable to attend summit
Karine Elharrar tweets that it is "sad" that "the UN does not provide accessibility to its events".
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Whoa, talk about “international level” fail. 😯
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