Now this comment was left on one of my Facebook posts and I personally find it very interesting.
I think it hints at a wider issue with inaccessiblity and indeed accessibility, that is, that it only seems to exist when we are there to enforce it.
Our lives as disabled people only matter if we are there to say they matter.
We have this notion in society or a notion we are supposed to believe in, that everyone matters. And yet we don’t think of everyone all of the time, do we?
We go to this standard idea of what a person is supposed to be, of ‘normal’. And in doing so, so easily and readily, we forget groups of people that exist.
This standard idea of what exists does not include disabled people. And this is why we have to fight for our rights. This is why inclusion has to be fought for, and exclusion exists. As unless people see us they forget we exist.
I don’t send my whole life to be fighting to be seen. But if existing means I’m doing that then I’ll take that as a double win.
Disabled people deserve not to be forgotten. The world should be ready to include us, we should not be the ones having to remind the world we exist.
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I think drivers just feel more awkward or even embarrassed when they’re sitting there in their vehicles and see us having to navigate around them in some way all because they don’t know how to park. It happens a lot with the stripped areas next to every handicap parking space. People have X,Y,Z excuses on needing to park over those areas needed for our ramps. Whether they are just delivering something, or just going into the store quick, they never think about how it takes away our ability to access our own vehicles. My dad actually moved a motorcycle once that was parked in that area next to our van. Other times it can be solved by one of my family members or friends moving our van out of the space, but we shouldn’t have to put up with that. Granted I always travel with someone, so they can move our van, but those of us that are independent enough that can drive would be stuck in this situation. Forced to go back inside and have a store make an announcement for some irresponsible driver to move. Plus if the weather is raining, it just makes this situation all the more frustrating, but sometimes we still need to venture out on those days. People just don’t think. Another issue that we’ve had since my injury, is when the parking lots get snowplowed and the handicapped spots aren’t plowed enough, or on one occasion they used the stripped area as a spot to pile snow.
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Honestly I’m glad they feel awkward but I get you it might not be intentional. When you’re on your own the situation is a lot more difficult to deal with. And yeah snow is an issue I. Itself, for me it’s light snow that causes the biggest issue as I have no grip. Thick snow to a point can be okay. I don’t have much experience in car parks. But certainly snow can often be pushed on to the pavement to get it out of the road but then the pavements are harder to deal with. Also leaves are difficult. Weather is certainly a topic for me to think on.
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