Concept tag
#impairment
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My bus kneels for wheelchairs. What is the difference between an impairment and a disability?
Our newer buses on the 413 can lower themselves at the kerb and put out a ramp, which takes about thirty seconds. Some of the older buses can't. A man I see most mornings uses a wheelchair, and on a new bus…
Started by Serkan Aydoğdu4 replies -
The building has steps, my legs don’t work: which sentence names my disability?
I spend a lot of my working time measuring door widths and arguing with architects about gradients. When I can't get into a building, two descriptions are true. My legs don't work. The building has no ramp. For most of history the…
Started by Dima Nasser6 replies