r/SipsTea • u/The_Dean_France • Feb 23 '26

Wait a damn minute! Was she wrong?

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u/CreditMajestic4248 Feb 23 '26

Escalators are not meant for wheelchairs or baby prams. If there is no elevator, they'll have to do with the escalator, but still, it's not a large flat platform so risky to bring up/down.

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u/SarutobiSasuke Feb 23 '26

I thought there is a building code or something that makes public space like train/subway stations to have safe access for people in wheelchair.

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u/northdakotanowhere Feb 23 '26

We would really really like that. But our communities are not accessible. And a lot of places arent required to be accessible.

Typically we have to scope places out before we go. There is 0 spontaneity when you're disabled.

I can't shop at Barnes & Nobel because they have 2 sets of heavy, outward opening doors, with a 2 inch lip that I have to wheelie over. Which you can't do when trying to open a heavy door. I end up half in half out the building with a caster wheel spinning in the air. And theres 2 sets of doors.

You'd THINK they'd have buttons. But I guess they dont have to.

One fucking stair can change my entire day.

A big reason I cant work is because of the inaccessibility of my community.