I got stuck today.

When I was out walking the dogs today, I got stuck in what I later learned was a hole used for trees in a pavement.

While I was with my sister she was unable to help me alone and we had my brother. While waiting for help my sister took the dogs home so they were safe and to be frank out of the way.

For a while, we thought my wheelchair might be broken, but thankfully this was not the case.

The hole that I fell into was covered with leaves and therefore was not clear. And unfortunately, the person who worked in the place this was outside of, didn’t seem likely to want to ensure that no one fell in the hole again. All they would have had to do is put a cover on the hole, or a sign to warn people about it. They don’t seem to care that there lack of care makes part of the world that they are responsible for dangerous and inaccessible to some.

Please if you can do what you can to keep the world as accessible to as many people as possible. We all deserve to be able to move around the world safely.

I do feel guilty that my brother had to come and help me today but I’m very glad he did. It can be emotionally difficult when you’re an adult, to randomly need quite a lot of help from people but I’m glad that I’ve people to help me. Sometimes we all need help.

Are you willing to be trapped in the event of a fire?

I’m paraphrasing here, but words to this effect were said to me when I visited a museum this week.

They essentially said that they only allow people to use the lift who are able to us the stairs in a fire, which I am not. In order to participate I then had to accept the risk of a fire as my own and my own choice to be in the building.

Think about that for a second, I was told that I wouldn’t be able to evacuated if it became necessary and it was therefore my responsibility to participate under this.

Can you imagine if that’s how society worked daily?

If you were expected to not be safe when entering any building?

I don’t think any other group in society would stand for this. And it angers me that it’s just expected that disabled people will accept that there would is like this.

The building was viewed as accessible despite putting me in danger in the event of an emergency. As my safety is my responsibility. Yet they have procedures in place for the safety of those who are not disabled. For them, they accept responsibility, but I must expect my own.