Comments on: Guest Post From Jesse the K: Making Space for Wheelchairs and Scooters http://disabledfeminists.com/2010/09/15/guest-post-from-jesse-the-k-making-space-for-wheelchairs-and-scooters/ FWD (feminists with disabilities) for a way forward Thu, 30 Dec 2010 17:29:21 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jesse the K http://disabledfeminists.com/2010/09/15/guest-post-from-jesse-the-k-making-space-for-wheelchairs-and-scooters/#comment-14326 Jesse the K Sat, 18 Sep 2010 12:03:38 +0000 http://disabledfeminists.com/?p=3877#comment-14326 @fromutopie Indeed, while these guidelines were incubated in a member-run science fiction convention, I hope they spread to any public event. Blue squares are particularly welcoming at small meetings, such as eight chairs in a circle. It's challenging enough to sit next to a stranger in an unfamiliar context: it's a pleasant change when the first interaction need not be "would you make room for me to be here?" @laurelhed Say it! I need to balance the direction my neck's happy with the direction my vision works the best. @fromutopie
Indeed, while these guidelines were incubated in a member-run science fiction convention, I hope they spread to any public event. Blue squares are particularly welcoming at small meetings, such as eight chairs in a circle. It’s challenging enough to sit next to a stranger in an unfamiliar context: it’s a pleasant change when the first interaction need not be “would you make room for me to be here?”

@laurelhed
Say it! I need to balance the direction my neck’s happy with the direction my vision works the best.

]]> By: lauredhel http://disabledfeminists.com/2010/09/15/guest-post-from-jesse-the-k-making-space-for-wheelchairs-and-scooters/#comment-14319 lauredhel Sat, 18 Sep 2010 03:12:41 +0000 http://disabledfeminists.com/?p=3877#comment-14319 I might just add here that different PWD can have different location needs on the left-right axis, too. Some PWD might physically be completely unable to turn their focus in a particular direction, others might be able to do so, but only painfully and/or with effort. In my local cinema the 'accessible' spot is right up the back corner. If it's on the right hand side, I'm in for a world of neck pain.So there are plenty of flexibility and options needed. I might just add here that different PWD can have different location needs on the left-right axis, too. Some PWD might physically be completely unable to turn their focus in a particular direction, others might be able to do so, but only painfully and/or with effort. In my local cinema the ‘accessible’ spot is right up the back corner. If it’s on the right hand side, I’m in for a world of neck pain.So there are plenty of flexibility and options needed.

]]> By: fromutopie http://disabledfeminists.com/2010/09/15/guest-post-from-jesse-the-k-making-space-for-wheelchairs-and-scooters/#comment-14317 fromutopie Sat, 18 Sep 2010 02:11:30 +0000 http://disabledfeminists.com/?p=3877#comment-14317 I wish that this approach would be implemented at, well, everything I attend/have attended. Really getting sick of being dumped in impossible places...without even getting into how inaccessible that is, when it happens, since - as you say - it pays no heed to the fact that PWD can have different location needs. I wish that this approach would be implemented at, well, everything I attend/have attended. Really getting sick of being dumped in impossible places…without even getting into how inaccessible that is, when it happens, since – as you say – it pays no heed to the fact that PWD can have different location needs.

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