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Jul. 25th, 2014
Elevators and people with disabilities
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cheriedcds.livejournal.comThis is a friendly public service announcement from Dragon*Con Disability Services.
The elevators in the Hyatt and the Marriott are a problem every year for people with disabilities. For people with difficulty walking, the elevators are not a convenience, they are a necessity. Please be considerate; if you CAN take the stairs or escalators, please DO. If you see someone in a wheelchair, with a cane, or otherwise mobility impaired, please understand that they can’t move as fast as you can. If they were waiting before you arrived, let them go before you. That's called fairness. When the elevator doors open and able bodied folk rush in, the person with the disability is stuck and may end up waiting a VERY long time. Please understand that just because a person does not have an obvious -visible- disability, this does not mean that they have NO disability. Many disabilities are invisible. They are no less disabling.
If you are a person with a disability stuck in an elevator bank and unable to get onto an elevator, please look around the elevator bank for a phone-- this will connect you to hotel staff. Let them know where you are and what you need. They can help you get where you need to go.
Thank you,
cherie
Dragon*Con Disability Services
For information on all the services we can provide and how to access them, please check out our wiki at http://dragonconds.wikia.com/wiki/Disability_Services_Guide_to_DragonCon_Wiki
The elevators in the Hyatt and the Marriott are a problem every year for people with disabilities. For people with difficulty walking, the elevators are not a convenience, they are a necessity. Please be considerate; if you CAN take the stairs or escalators, please DO. If you see someone in a wheelchair, with a cane, or otherwise mobility impaired, please understand that they can’t move as fast as you can. If they were waiting before you arrived, let them go before you. That's called fairness. When the elevator doors open and able bodied folk rush in, the person with the disability is stuck and may end up waiting a VERY long time. Please understand that just because a person does not have an obvious -visible- disability, this does not mean that they have NO disability. Many disabilities are invisible. They are no less disabling.
If you are a person with a disability stuck in an elevator bank and unable to get onto an elevator, please look around the elevator bank for a phone-- this will connect you to hotel staff. Let them know where you are and what you need. They can help you get where you need to go.
Thank you,
cherie
Dragon*Con Disability Services
For information on all the services we can provide and how to access them, please check out our wiki at http://dragonconds.wikia.com/wiki/Disability_Services_Guide_to_DragonCon_Wiki
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