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fallenstarcat · 7 months

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sure there’s a ramp, but is it steep? is there a curb at the top? is the ground uneven? do i need a key for the elevator? are the aisles and doorways wide enough? do i have room to turn? is there furniture and clutter in my way? is the carpet difficult to wheel on? can i open the doors myself?

accessibility to wheelchairs is more than just a ramp.

#disability #disabled #wheelchair #wheelchair user #wheelchair problems #accessibility #wheelchair accessible #cripplepunk #cripple punk #cpunk #disabled life #disabled struggles #disabled problems #disability life #disability struggles

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reasonsforhope · 9 months

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"This week, the Department of Transportation (DOT) announced a new rule requiring airlines to make bathrooms more accessible for disabled people. All new single-aisle aircraft will be fitted with fully-accessible lavatories.

Most flights inside the United States are single-aisle and as technology has improved, they are used more frequently for long flights, including coast-to-coast trips that can last as long as six hours. Double-aisle plans are already subject to the regulation but are primarily used for international flights.

Out Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg announced the new regulations, saying, “Traveling can be stressful enough without worrying about being able to access a restroom; yet today, millions of wheelchair users are forced to choose between dehydrating themselves before boarding a plane or avoiding air travel altogether.” ...

The secretary has made it a priority to improve service on airlines during his tenure. In 2022, six airlines were forced to pay millions of dollars in refunds to hundreds of thousands of customers and were also fined millions for causing the issues. The department’s firm stance on the side of customers has continued through this year after multiple companies have had meltdowns, stranding thousands of travelers.

All planes delivered to airlines starting in 2026 must include several upgrades. Planes already in service will not need to be retrofitted unless the plane is renovated.

“These aircraft must have at least one lavatory of sufficient size to permit a passenger with a disability (with the help of an assistant, if necessary) to approach, enter, and maneuver within the aircraft lavatory, to use all lavatory facilities, and leave by means of the aircraft’s onboard wheelchair if necessary,” the DOT said in a statement.

Accessible faucets and controls, grab bars, accessible call buttons and door locks, minimum obstruction to the passage of an onboard wheelchair, and an available visual barrier for privacy are also required upgrades."

-via LGBTQ Nation, July 28, 2023

Wayyyyyyy fucking overdue but I'll take it!! Also, very nice curb cut effect: We all get to be less miserable on airplanes, and older people don't have to worry as much about airplane bathroom fall risks.

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crippledpastrycryptid · 5 months

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It's properly snow season again, so here's a

friendly psa

from your neighborhood wheelchair user.

If your sidewalk is not completely shoveled, it isn't usable.

If you can leave footprints in the snow, the snow is too deep. A wheelchair can't get through

If its a narrow pathway people can 'squeeze through', a wheelchair can't get through

If your sidewalk is pristine but the curb cuts are full of snow, a wheelchair cannot get through.

If wheelchairs can't use the sidewalk, our only option is to use the road, and we don't like that any more than you do.

Sincerely, a wheelchair user in the north who would prefer not to be trapped in my apartment for months on end

#physically disabled #disabled #disability #wheelchair problems #wheelchair user #wheelchair accessible #cripplepunk #accessibility #wheels in the snow #signal boost #psa #disabled life

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chronicallycouchbound · 10 months

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A dopamine-friendly version of this post for my fellow neurodivergent people who might need it!

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spacedocmom · 5 months

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Doctor Beverly Crusher @SpaceDocMom Many wheelchair users can move their legs, so just because you see someone in a wheelchair do so doesn't mean they don't need that mobility device. Some can even stand or walk but the chair alleviates pain from doing so. Spread the word about ambulatory wheelchair users! emojis: black heart, blue heart, masked, wheelchair 1:45 PM · Dec 5, 2023

#star trek #doctor crusher #star trek the next generation #star trek memes #star trek tng #kindness #support #care #compassion #disability #chronic illness #chronic pain #chronic fatigue #wheelchair accessible #wheelchair #mobility devices #spoonies #spoons

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carsthatnevermadeitetc · 10 months

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Checker Medicar, 1970. A Checker Marathon adapted to carry up to 3 wheelchairs or a single wheelchair and a gurney. The rear doors opened through 180º

#Checker #Checker Medicar #1970 #high roof #wheelchair accessible #ambulance #accessibility

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audhdnight · 9 months

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Modified seated cardio workout, for those who struggle to move their legs or can’t at all:

@downsizingnatti on tiktok (I love them)

#disabled fitness #wheelchair accessible #accessible workout #physically disabled #disability stuff #fitness #seated workout

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clownrecess · 1 year

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I really struggle with typing subtitles for my youtube videos as a result of my disabilities, but that isnt an excuse to be inaccessible. I still type subtitles for them, it just takes a bit longer for them to be published, but I go as quick as I can. Typing long things like video transcripts make my hands begin to cramp really badly, and also I just have executive dysfunction. Both of these things make it difficult, but I STILL DO IT.

The reason I'm making this post is to say that if I, as a disabled teenager, can still try my absolute hardest to meet peoples accessibility needs despite it being difficult for me, you as a multimillion dollar corporation most definitely can. You dont want to spend money for us, we are an afterthought. And it's just, honestly, unacceptable.

We need a more accessible world. And no, I'm not talking about JUST RAMPS. Just ramps do not make something fully accessible.

Yeah, ramps do make something more accessible and we absolutely need them, but in order for something to be absolutely fully accessible it needs:

Ramps

Elevators

Braille

Closed captioning

Sign interpreters

Frequently placed electronic charging stations

Wide pathways/doorways

Quiet rooms (preferably sensory rooms)

WiFi

First aid

Staff who are trained in disability PROPERLY

Available wheelchairs

Available ear defenders

Warnings for things that contain strobe lights, loud noises, etc.

And SO MUCH MORE. I get that that's a lot, but you are a massive corporation. You can afford to be accessible, and we deserve to be able to acsess the world. We should not be an afterthought.

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samijami · 11 months

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Make👏things👏 more👏wheelchair👏accessible

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sunnycanwrite · 7 months

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This is really interesting to me. I'm an ambulatory wheelchair user, and always wear workout/wheelchair gloves when in Mt chair to prevent blistering on my palms and fingers. It also gives me better grip.

if you vote other, please let me know what you mean.

#wheelchair user #wheelchair accessible #physically disabled #in a wheelchair #wheelchair #ambulatory wheelchair user #mobility assistance #mobility aid #disabled #disability #disabilities #tumblr polls #my polls #polls #poll time #Sunnycanwrite

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wikipediapictures · 5 months

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Wheelchair lift

#wheelchair lift #platform lift #vertical platform lift #wheelchair #accessability #accessability feature #wikipedia #wikipedia pictures #public transit #public transport system #public transportation #public transport #transport #transportation #wheelchair accessible #wheelchair accessability #bus #metro #accessible

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reasonsforhope · 1 year

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"Greece is making hundreds of beaches wheelchair-friendly by installing the Greek-designed Seatrac system for wheelchairs.

The system is a free service that oﬀers unassisted sea access to people with disabilities and mobility issues. It is an innovative, technological assistant that promotes autonomy, quality, and wellness in everyday life.

Speaking at a press conference on the project on Thursday, officials said that a total of 287 beaches across Greece will be fully accessible to people with mobility problems by introducing other essential facilities like parking, bathroom/changing facilities, ramps and corridors to sun loungers, and refreshment bars.

Officials said that 147 beaches have already undergone the necessary transformation to make them more accessible.

“Equal access to the sea is an inalienable human right,” said Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias, adding that the 15-million-euro project is being funded by the European Union and national resources...

Greece tries to become more wheelchair-friendly

Disabled people in Greece face the challenge that the country was not designed for people in wheelchairs. Even before uneven streets and steps were created, the topography of the country was rocky and mountainous.

The country has made great strides for disabled persons’ ease of movement and access since the 2004 Athens Olympics.

It recently placed concrete in some pathways of the Acropolis despite opposition from archaeologists.

“It’s a crime to wound the Rock, because it’s a monument,” architect Tasos Tanoulas said at the time.

According to the Ministry of Culture, the cementing of certain areas was part of a project to help people with mobility difficulties.

“The disabled, the elderly, people with various problems have the right to see and admire up close the Acropolis monuments,” a statement said at the time.

People with mobility issues hailed the project.

“We’ve been talking about disabled access to the Acropolis since the 2004 Olympics,” said Yiannis Vardakastanis, president of the Confederation of Disabled People.

“Now we can say that any disabled person in the world who wants to visit the Acropolis can do so,” he added.

-via Greek Reporter, 4/7/23

#disability #accessibility #disabled #greece #wheelchair #wheelchair accessible #acropolis #beaches #mobility issues #universal design #good news #hope

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nicxxx5 · 11 months

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it's been a couple days but happy disability pride month!

whether you're disabilities are physical or mental. common or rare. chronic to temporary. genetic or environmental. visible or invisible. high support needs or low support needs. "disabled enough" or "not disabled enough".

you matter. you're struggles matter. you deserve respect. you deserve decency. you deserve accommodations. you deserve the rights of everyone else.

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chronicallycouchbound · 9 months

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I can’t live in over 99% of housing.

This is not an exaggeration.

“Less than 1 percent of all units are equipped with features that would allow a wheelchair user to live independently.” HUD.gov

My experiences of homelessness are inherently tied to this.

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spacedocmom · 9 months

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Doctor Beverly Crusher @SpaceDocMom Accessibility features are not extras. They are not gifts the health-privileged get to bestow upon those in need and then demand gratitude for. They are necessities as much as every other feature abled folks take for granted. emojis: black heart, blue heart, masked, wheelchair emblem 12:07 PM · Aug 22, 2023

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consider-your-potatoes-mashed · 11 months

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I really really wish New York City was more accessible

I’m currently in NYC and because of the repurposing of buildings rather than building new ones in many parts of the city they end up being inaccessible.

I understand wanting to save and repurpose buildings rather than tearing them down and rebuilding but there has to be a better way to repurpose that can include being accessible.

Yesterday I went to a CVS that was in an old bank building and guess what no automatic doors and the only way in was a flight of stairs.

Today I went to the Chelsea market and sure getting in was fine enough except the lack of automatic doors and cobbled crosswalks/streets (my enemy) outside but even inside the floor is so bumpy and uneven that I constantly feel like I’m going to fall and have to be hyper aware of where I’m putting my feet and cane.

There has to be a way we can do better as a society and as people.

Also the amount of doors people have let shut in my face when they see me coming on my crutches is ridiculous when they were just holding it open for someone else like sure I can do it and I will but it would be nice if you’d at least keep it open long enough for me to grab it with my foot or crutch or something

On the good side though I have seen a ton of wheelchair accessible taxis and that makes me really really happy. I’ve seen more of those than of regular taxis actually.

Edit: in the comments on this post I have been let know that the taxis that I mentioned are not in fact as accessible as they appear and are rather unsafe for those who are in wheel chairs so I guess that’s just one more shit thing. Go look at the comments to find more explanation/lived experience with this

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