I have decided to turn myself into a critic, or source for useful information through this blog.
It is always such a treat when I visit any kind of store, restaurant, hotel or place of entertainment where access makes it easy for me to be there. It really does enhance my overall experience and it also makes it that much less demanding on Daniel or any of the other people I am with who would have to assist me in getting in, out, on, off, up or down!
Regardless of what the advertising information says about anything and anywhere having DISABLED ACCESS, I always make a call directly to the venue and have a conversation with a real person, not the recorded message, to ascertain what their disabled access actually means. It is interesting how people find it really hard to conceptualize that a person might not be able to climb stairs. So, I ask as if I were talking to a young child. I have been known to say, “so are you sure there are no stairs – as in, if I were to be using a wheel chair, I can access every part of the venue – getting in from the street, exiting perhaps through a different door, and once inside, I could move around in my wheel chair without any difficulty?” I ask the “wheelchair” question because whether you are in a wheelchair or not, if you can’t climb stairs, then it is as if you were in a wheelchair from an access point of view. Please believe me, even when I have had “Yes” in response to all of those questions, more often than I would like, I get to a place and the first thing we see at the entrance, two, three or more stairs. If we manage to get inside and I have a conversation about having checked the access in advance and having been told there were no stairs, I am usually told, “oh well we didn’t think one or two stairs would be a problem.” At that point I smile and walk away.
So, when I get to a venue where I have had “Yes” in reply to those kinds of questions, and discover the answer is in fact truthful, it is a great feeling and makes for a great outing.
One such place was the ARS THEATER we went to yesterday in NYC. You can see more about it here.
It is always such a treat when I visit any kind of store, restaurant, hotel or place of entertainment where access makes it easy for me to be there. It really does enhance my overall experience and it also makes it that much less demanding on Daniel or any of the other people I am with who would have to assist me in getting in, out, on, off, up or down!
Regardless of what the advertising information says about anything and anywhere having DISABLED ACCESS, I always make a call directly to the venue and have a conversation with a real person, not the recorded message, to ascertain what their disabled access actually means. It is interesting how people find it really hard to conceptualize that a person might not be able to climb stairs. So, I ask as if I were talking to a young child. I have been known to say, “so are you sure there are no stairs – as in, if I were to be using a wheel chair, I can access every part of the venue – getting in from the street, exiting perhaps through a different door, and once inside, I could move around in my wheel chair without any difficulty?” I ask the “wheelchair” question because whether you are in a wheelchair or not, if you can’t climb stairs, then it is as if you were in a wheelchair from an access point of view. Please believe me, even when I have had “Yes” in response to all of those questions, more often than I would like, I get to a place and the first thing we see at the entrance, two, three or more stairs. If we manage to get inside and I have a conversation about having checked the access in advance and having been told there were no stairs, I am usually told, “oh well we didn’t think one or two stairs would be a problem.” At that point I smile and walk away.
So, when I get to a venue where I have had “Yes” in reply to those kinds of questions, and discover the answer is in fact truthful, it is a great feeling and makes for a great outing.
One such place was the ARS THEATER we went to yesterday in NYC. You can see more about it here.
We stopped for lunch at the TICK TOCK DINER. Most diners, like this one, always have great ramp access and are obliging about seating us at tables rather than booths which are a nightmare to scoot in and out of.
Details of Judy Gold’s awesome show can be seen here.
I really hope readers find this information useful, and I would be grateful to receive details of similar useful information at my email address. deelevin@optonline.net
I really hope readers find this information useful, and I would be grateful to receive details of similar useful information at my email address. deelevin@optonline.net
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