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ThePyroPython ,

I can understand not wanting to make a scene but that’s exactly what she should have done. Previous UK disability activists when appearing in TV studios wheeled into the stairs and flop out of their chairs onto the floor to highlight the problem of poor accessibility.

Flax_vert OP ,

Crawl over to the one giving the award 🤣

Zachariah ,
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Make them all come down to the floor.

Flax_vert OP ,

Hire a criminal gang to come and break everybody’s legs

dumbass ,
@dumbass@leminal.space avatar

Flip the cap off the secret button on the wheelchair to activate drone mode

Mouselemming ,

It is, but I think we can cut her some slack on freezing up in a posh situation, in shock at having been blindsided by that insult. She did make a scene after the event, which is why we’re reading this. I assume there were other awardees, whose reaction/support she couldn’t count on if she interrupted their ceremony and turned all the attention to herself.

ThePyroPython ,

It is fair to cut her some slack given that she likely was blindsided by the lack of accessibility, not every battle is worth fighting. But any opportunity to embarrass the City Of London Corporation is fair game given the absurdity of pomp and ceremony they surround themselves with.

Tarquinn2049 ,

“Despite a ramp being available, staff presumed Ms Landre didn’t want one”

How is that just one throwaway sentence under one of the images and not explained in any more detail. What does that mean? How available? Why did they assume she wouldn’t want it? Does she know a ramp was available?

qwertilliopasd ,
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Especially odd to mention the availability of a ramp under a picture of her motioning to stairs.

Mouselemming ,

"After being told she wouldn’t be able to receive her award onstage like the other recipients, the 25-year-old said she was “in shock and trying to figure out what to do”.

So, no she didn’t. From the rest of the article, it looks like that was information that only came out later, when some lowly fact-checker called in order to set the caption. Or it’s not true and was made up by the person writing the caption.

Godnroc ,

“Hey, great job with that advocacy, or whatever. We weren’t really listening, but it was probably great though.”

Kedly ,

Wait, NOT the onion… jesus

RinseDrizzle ,

I work in events and this is a wild oversight.

Flax_vert OP ,

I bent the rules a little and used the headline the BBC used on Instagram 🤭

brbposting ,

You’re a monster

Reported (to the cops)

roguetrick ,

That’s why we’re never going to have full implementation if the only mechanism for enforcement is disabled people suing."

Great, now that labour is in they can implement an enforcement arm. Oh wait, it’s starmer.

radicalautonomy ,
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“Again, we want to make clear our unreserved apology to Anna Landre and we are making every effort to ensure this doesn’t happen again.”

That’s the thing though, isn’t it? The entire point of her advocacy…of anyone’s advocacy when it comes to their disability…is for able-bodied people to think ahead to make sure that the same services they enjoy and places through which they can travel can also be accessed by disabled people as well.

Apologizing ex post facto and “making every effort to ensure this doesn’t happen again” really just means “we’ll make sure we have ramps available next time.” It doesn’t mean they are committing to choose well-contrasting colors in their documentation for ease of reading for cor blind people, or that as a matter of habit they will have sign language interpreters on call for every event, or any number of other things. The “Oops, We Dun Goofed” apology promise is almost always just to not to do that particular goof any more.

Xanis , (edited )

I worked with a company some time ago contracted in as support services as they weren’t equipped (see: trained) to work with individuals with barriers. My job was to support those they had hired and get staff up to speed on how best to work with them. I’m of the opinion they were doing fine given that they had a fully blind not-from-birth individual working for them and doing great but hey, paycheck. Part of my service was to identify areas that need improvement. Sometimes this is often crowded doorways, or floor obstacles, and shelving that is too high/deep/unstable, etc.

So I’m there working with staff and leadership to get them up to ramming speed, we reach comfortable threshold, my time is done. Off the clock I request a meeting to speak with them about some potential improvements. You see, at this particular location they utilized a color-coded system for everything. This was to support individuals with dyslexia and poor reading comprehension. Pretty cool, right? They had come up with a way to minimize issues for people who may not even want to admit they have barriers. Some of you may already know where this is going.

In my report and the meeting I outlined a major flaw that was costing them employees and they did not even know it. You’d be surprised how many people are colorblind and don’t even know it themselves. So in my report I pointed out that along with typical shorthand and their color system, which they should absolutely keep, they should add simple symbols. Circle for yellow, triangle for red, square for blue, etc. I also pointed out that they could also consider adding single indents that match with colors and symbols, which would support older populations and individuals with ocular degenerative diseases. Basically open themselves up fully to a population other employers turn down.

Last I checked they had implemented these changes, or some variation(s), and word came back that they were receiving TOO many applications with most of their workforce having one or more barriers that would normally force them into some larger financial assistance structure, with all the red tape and bullshit that comes with it, cause boy are the limitations and expectations in these programs bonkers at times.

Point being that even those who have put thought into solutions for problems they themselves don’t have, it is specifically because they don’t have the same limitations that solutions are often half finished. Some people, and yes some institutions, try to do what they can. At the end of the day some fixes are better than none at all. More can always be added later.

JoMiran ,
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Pardon my ignorance but does the UK not have an ADA equivalent?

ZigZyx ,

I can only speak as an American myself but I don’t believe so.

It’s something I’ve heard through the vines (back in the days of Reddit) that Europeans and other travelers are often impressed by when visiting is how accommodating our buildings and their infrastructure are.

I have always assumed part of the reason they don’t is it helps we are a much younger country that in most areas has plenty of room for such accommodations. Implementing and enforcing ADA requirements like the US does on new construction and renovations in cities with buildings and infrastructure as old and tight as exists in Europe would be difficult to say the least.

Source - I’m some random guy on the internet who works at general contractor that has to abide by ADA requirements when building and renovating spaces.

NineMileTower ,

If she can’t even campaign enough to get a ramp at the award ceremony where she won an award for her disability campaign, did she really deserve an award for her campaign at al!?!?!?!?

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