If the whole is equal to the sum of its parts than our "whole" cannot be reached until our parts are gathered and acknowledged. This blog will act as a collection, a gallery that records our “parts and particles” (our particulars) in an effort to connect the dots; to endlessly connect the dots.
I like this question Clarence. The answer is no, disabled people are not properly accommodated. although each building in Chicago has its own private or public owner therefore it is ultimately at their discretion to make their facility handicap friendly.
ReplyDeleteEven with other disabilities like learning disabilities. I don't know how well the public schools are with helping people with learning disabilities because I didn't go to school here. But I am sure that their can be improvements. Their is always room for improvement!
The L stops do not cater to disabled people either. Most have one ramp and one set of stairs each leading to one of two streets. If you lived on the side of the stairs and were in a wheelchair, you have to wheel over to the ramp side which can sometimes be quite a distance. But then again they are owned buy the CTA so they do not HAVE to do anything.
I think that that this is incredibly unfair, but that's life. I am not trying to be insensitive of other people, but only a law could change this, not to mention the cost of making each of them disabled accommodating.
Needless to say, there is NO perfect city on the planet. But I do think that we should make steps toward more accommodating urban environments. But I don't think that cities should legally forced to, they should be morally compelled to do so.
Good question, though this is not a new introduction I can safely say that Chicago doesn't have accomodation in full for people with physical and mental challenges, but it is available. I don't think Chicago necessarily has the infrastructure to support completely, and while this is true there's plenty availability of trasportation, education, etc.
ReplyDeleteI don’t feel that appropriate accommodations are being made to assist people with mental or physical challenges. Downtown it’s like everything is made for everyday people, people who are constantly moving and walking. It kinda seems like disabled people are disregarded like oh they can get whatever it is that needs to be done done the best way they can without having the appropriate accommodations. I don’t think that they are treated fairly because nine times out of ten, they aren’t kept in mind when construction workers are preparing to widen a street or something. People don’t think about communities as a whole, they only focus on those who are able to be mobile without assistance. Now if there was someone disabled on the team with the people who decide what goes where, then things might have a different outcome. It’s like people who have mental or physical challenges voices aren’t being heard because there is no one there to speak for them, so they are frequently disregarded.
ReplyDeleteI do not feel like there are appropriate accommodations for people with disabilities. I feel like we live in a society where many don't bother with or don"t care about what others struggles may be.
ReplyDeleteI think that most people live in that state of mind of "if not happening to me, then I don't care". I hate to say it but this is the reality of things. I agree with Domenic, I don't think having forced law upon cities would help. A suggestion I have would be to start websites,non-profet organizations, and have local charities to raise money and gain more supporters and possibly have cities more accessible to the disabled.
In my opinion, they accommodate people with disablities with new things or products that are being maded everday. Some of these thing are helpful to people with disabilities and some things are. I'm not a doctor with a PHD but I would love to help people with disabilities somewhere in the long run. I also agree with all of your comments about the people not caring about others disabilities because the are always around to see them in that state. I don't think it is a bad or good thing that some of us don't care because life continues with or with out them and we should believe we will see them another day.
ReplyDeleteI do not believe that proper accomodations are being made for the disabled, especially in the city. We should get our heads out of our busy lifestyles sometimes and realize what is really going on in the world. The quote Adilla stated is a very accurate quote in my eyes. The way America has developed we have become more self centered. Also Jaymee brings up a great point, about not being able to express their voices. People today seem to forget that the struggles they go through may not be as bad as other peoples problems. As Americans we are suppose to be a place where everyone is welcome, yet we havent made it easy in some peoples cases. In order to change this, i agree with Adilla again, we should try to show how important it is and reintroduce the need for it. We havent had that in a while. Petitions and infulencial groups/speakers should be going around sending the right message for what we need to improve.
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