Wheelchair access in shops

Anubis_2

18" becomes six foot when the person measuring is a male!

:rotfl: Of course you are right LOL. It's the "manhood" measurement they apply

charleyzee

BigJen, you raise an excellent point actually! As so many disabled people are being forced back to work (and I am not referring to benefits cheats here but to genuine claimants who struggle to get through the day), stores will have to make themselves more accesible to staff as well as customers! Or perhaps the troll thinks we should all go sweep the motorways - that way, there'll be less of us 'disabled' for him to offend!

LimeLight

Sports Direct is a nightmare in a wheelchair

blossomhill_2

LimeLight wrote: »

Sports Direct is a nightmare in a wheelchair

Tell 'em!

A simply worded email is enough for starters, no need to quote any legislation at the first stage, just bring it to their attention.

LadyMorticia

We're very lucky that the Dunelm Mill here is generally wheelchair friendly. The aisles are big enough for a wheelchair and other people at the same time and the cafe is very wheelchair friendly too. I count myself very lucky as Dunelm is one of my fav stores, but I know that there are problems with some of the stores.

It does vary from area to area though. The Works is renowned for having small aisles (which sucks. I love The Works too!). Being in a wheelchair can create barriers in some stores, especially more independent ones. One local New Look has great wheelchair access and then the one at the local mall has terrible disabled access!

charleyzee

Lady M, I am jealous! I love the stuff Dunelm Mill sells so, if I can get them to solve the access problem, I'll be in there all the time! Limelight, our Sports Direct is too - huge big metal staircases which I didn't even dare tackle when I was just using walking sticks, let alone a chair!

teajug

Look at the transport system even new station do not cater for disabled people many trainstation station do not have access at all for disabled people, it says it all how the governments and big organisations could not give a fig how people have to suffer to get from A to B.

I cannot understand the mayor of London creating bikes for people that have credit cards to go for a ride around London Grrrrrr, what about getting all the transport accessible for disabled people in London. There are stations in London with about 50 or 60 steps up to a station with no other access at all for disable people and yet the mayor can spend millions on bikes for able body people.....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-17522232

moose1982

teajug, I've worked on the railway for a fair few years now (volunteer these days in a cosy office) and I'll admit, before I needed to just use my crutches to get about (my legs don't bend so I can't walk without them), I thought everything was fine. I knew there were ramps for wheelchair access onto the trains and helped people use them. But now, I can't get into a train because I can't climb up into one, stairs I can do, just takes me a while.

I know some of the problems stem from stations being over 100 years old and if other companies have basements or whatever, they cannot make an elevator shaft, but I agree more needs to be done, just sometimes, I know that it cannot happen for practical reasons.

I do know that Network Rail are trying to put in elevators where possible, but when you think of how many stations there are, it's a big task for them. Sometimes staff can help, sometimes they cannot, it's why I stick to driving, for now.

kingfisherblue

Sports Direct will be receiving an email from me. I went to Cheshire Oaks today, and whilst I didn't have my disabled son with me, it was almost impossible to get around the store as an able bodied person, so close were the displays! Someone in a whhlchair or using crutches would have no chance.

LadyMorticia

charleyzee wrote: »

Lady M, I am jealous! I love the stuff Dunelm Mill sells so, if I can get them to solve the access problem, I'll be in there all the time! Limelight, our Sports Direct is too - huge big metal staircases which I didn't even dare tackle when I was just using walking sticks, let alone a chair!

Definitely send them an email or write to them. I thought that companies have to have reasonable disabled access in their stores and your Dunelm is creating a barrier for disabled people!