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Handicap parking spaces: Often too few or occupied by non-permits
Just Want to Talk | Last Active: Mar 24 12:37pm | Replies (35)Comment receiving replies
The placement of handicapped spaces across a lane used to enter or leave a shopping area seems to be more and more common. And so, with my walker, I am bravely ( and slowly and very much aware I am holding up traffic) crossing the route used constantly as cars enter and leave the parking lot.
Even my former church when it rebuilt, did this. I regretfully looked for another church with friendlier handicapped access.
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@methel
As others have pointed out, people with EXPERIENCE being handicapped in all different ways are the ones who need to input what is needed for accessibility. So many things need to be taken into account. I still remember at age 56 after breaking my ankle, on crutches (that didn’t last long!) looking at a curb only 3 or 4 inches high and feeling like it was a foot!!
People who do not have experience being disabled trying to design buildings, entrances, parking lots, etc. are too often just giving lip service to the issue.