Disabled and let's do it?

seven-day-weekend

My son's partner has Aspergers' Syndrome and gets stressed and anxious in large noisy crowds. So should her supermarket clear everyone out the day she does her shopping? Of course not, she has to adjust to it and try to go at quieter times. You can't cater for all disabilities.

To the OP, the ferry to northern Spain seems the best to me. I've done it loads of times. The ferry is comfortable, there are lifts to all floors and there are wheelchair-accessible cabins.

Whatever you chose, I hope you have a good time .

Parva

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

My son's partner has Aspergers' Syndrome and gets stressed and anxious in large noisy crowds. So should her supermarket clear everyone out the day she does her shopping? Of course not, she has to adjust to it and try to go at quieter times. You can't cater for all disabilities.

To the OP, the ferry to northern Spain seems the best to me. I've done it loads of times. The ferry is comfortable, there are lifts to all floors and there are wheelchair-accessible cabins.

Whatever you chose, I hope you have a good time .

Oh I fully intend to do so. It's easy for others to say "just jump on a plane and enjoy" but in practice it's not so simple. For starters, the insurance will likely be astronomical but more importantly, it's likely that whatever hotel / resort I end up at I will be stuck with due to accessibility. The point of doing this in the car means that I am not stuck within the grounds of a wheelchair accessible hotel or whatever.

sunnyone

Parva wrote: »

Forgot to add, thanks for the positive outlook. I'm not for one moment suggesting that your experience won't happen to me in time but I'd like to think that we're all of different ages and different degrees of mobility and I'd like to think that the one remaining leg I have might see me beyond the 50+ age bracket (which is a few years off yet).

I've lost a leg yes, and part of the hip / pelvis, yes but I refuse to think that I cannot manage on one leg and that I am going to lose control of that leg anytime soon and require hand controls in a car. I'm sorry Sunnyone for the way things have turned out for you and also glad that the adaptations have worked for you but please don't try to assume that I will become even more disabled than I currently am because of your own experience. I'm not into the "mine is worse than yours" argument but I will say that although mine is a struggle, I refuse to let it stop me doing anything and if you ask me in 5 years, I hope to still be driving with that left leg!

My pelvis is collapsing and its making me a bit morybund about them, sorry didnt mean to bring you down but everyone I know who has had major pelvic damage have further problems in years to come.

I hope you manage the holiday, they do you more good than any drugs will do.

terra_ferma

wildwestfan wrote: »

I would honestly not consider sensory impairments when considering accessibility to facililities. What sort of sensory impairments would prevent someone accessing say a loo or getting into a train or onto a bus etc?

I know it's not what you want to hear but quite honestly there cannot possibly be any sort of legislation to cover every possible impairment that anyone has. For goodness sake not everywhere is suitable for me, a profoundly deaf person. My wife is partially sighted with just peripheral vision. We tend to combine abilities and are grateful that there are some concessions for us.

We have to adapt as we live in a non disabled world, certainly we don't expect the world to change to accomodate us.

I think this article shows exactly what the difficulties can be, I doubt you are treated in the way this man describes. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-ouch-27769003

Parva

sunnyone wrote: »

My pelvis is collapsing and its making me a bit morybund about them, sorry didnt mean to bring you down but everyone I know who has had major pelvic damage have further problems in years to come.

I hope you manage the holiday, they do you more good than any drugs will do.

I totally understand where you are coming from. It may well happen to me too but until it does, I shall try to remain as active as possible.