The fast and the irritated
Apr. 2nd, 2012 08:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alias_sqbrWent into the city today with Cam since he has the week off work, it was great fun. Got my Swancon art printed, not 100% happy with how it came out but I can't be bothered fiddling with it. If noone buys it the $5 will support the con.
Places that were adequately accessible to my wheelchair: the trains, Taka's, Officeworks, the Mac store, the malls
Places that were not: the roads around Royal Perth Hospital
Seriously, the crossing near Officeworks had no pedestrian indicators and broken kerb cuts. We went around to the other side of the hospital and there was NO kerb cut, instead people on wheels (eg prams or wheelchairs, not that you'd ever see anything like that near a HOSPITAL) are expected to detour to the other side of a 6 track wide railway crossing and back. Instead I drove back down the footpath to cross further down (while Cam happily trotted directly across by foot), and none of the kerb cuts matched, forcing me to drive on the road for about 15 metres. Top speed on my chair is pretty fast, so I didn't feel too unsafe, but I'd hate to be a newly discharged patient in a manual wheelchair.
Places that were adequately accessible to my wheelchair: the trains, Taka's, Officeworks, the Mac store, the malls
Places that were not: the roads around Royal Perth Hospital
Seriously, the crossing near Officeworks had no pedestrian indicators and broken kerb cuts. We went around to the other side of the hospital and there was NO kerb cut, instead people on wheels (eg prams or wheelchairs, not that you'd ever see anything like that near a HOSPITAL) are expected to detour to the other side of a 6 track wide railway crossing and back. Instead I drove back down the footpath to cross further down (while Cam happily trotted directly across by foot), and none of the kerb cuts matched, forcing me to drive on the road for about 15 metres. Top speed on my chair is pretty fast, so I didn't feel too unsafe, but I'd hate to be a newly discharged patient in a manual wheelchair.
