The thing I never understand is disabled parking it places like Disneyland. Ok so it’s closer to the park entrance, is that useful to people, does the distance magically not count once you’re inside the compound?
Wheel chairs are not the only disability. There are lots of people who have limited mobility, for whom adding a trek across the parking lot is too much on top of walking the park. Even a non-electric wheelchair is a hardship to push (for the person sitting or someone assisting them).
This counts for temporary and invisible disabilities too, like recent hip surgery or a chronic migraine disorder. If you need to grab something important from the car, like medication or a breathing device, having it close to the entrance can make or break the difference between a bad day and a bad day in the ER.
In my early 20’s I took a date to an amusement park while she had a broken foot. Almost all of the roller coasters had elevated stations, and all of them had elevators, a couple had ADA compliant queues, all ramps no stairs. We rented a wheelchair from the park, I mostly pushed her, we’d take the elevator up to the station, get on the roller coaster being careful not to whack her cast on anything, enjoy the ride, then take the elevator back down to sidewalk level.
They didn’t issue her a handicapped placard for a foot in a cast but it would have been nice, she did the distance between the car and guest services on crutches.
The thing I never understand is disabled parking it places like Disneyland. Ok so it’s closer to the park entrance, is that useful to people, does the distance magically not count once you’re inside the compound?
Wheel chairs are not the only disability. There are lots of people who have limited mobility, for whom adding a trek across the parking lot is too much on top of walking the park. Even a non-electric wheelchair is a hardship to push (for the person sitting or someone assisting them).
Wdym? Surely reducing any travelling for people with mobility issues is a benefit, non?
This counts for temporary and invisible disabilities too, like recent hip surgery or a chronic migraine disorder. If you need to grab something important from the car, like medication or a breathing device, having it close to the entrance can make or break the difference between a bad day and a bad day in the ER.
In my early 20’s I took a date to an amusement park while she had a broken foot. Almost all of the roller coasters had elevated stations, and all of them had elevators, a couple had ADA compliant queues, all ramps no stairs. We rented a wheelchair from the park, I mostly pushed her, we’d take the elevator up to the station, get on the roller coaster being careful not to whack her cast on anything, enjoy the ride, then take the elevator back down to sidewalk level.
They didn’t issue her a handicapped placard for a foot in a cast but it would have been nice, she did the distance between the car and guest services on crutches.