Thank you for this! You have described so succinctly the root of the problem, which in my experience is representative of our broader cultural attitude regarding access for disabled and Deaf/deaf/HOH people: the onus is on the person who requires the accommodation to do the heavy lifting, and the fact that doing so is often not possible …
Thank you for this! You have described so succinctly the root of the problem, which in my experience is representative of our broader cultural attitude regarding access for disabled and Deaf/deaf/HOH people: the onus is on the person who requires the accommodation to do the heavy lifting, and the fact that doing so is often not possible is seen as a failing on the part of person needing access that should have been reliably available but wasn't. It's far past time in this society that the dignity and well-being of disabled and Deaf/deaf/HOH be respected and prioritized ahead of the convenience of systems and services that routinely fail to provide necessary accommodations.
“the onus is on the person who requires the accommodation to do the heavy lifting” THAT THAT. And people are just easily able to deny our asks. We have no recourse, not in the moment.
Thank you for this! You have described so succinctly the root of the problem, which in my experience is representative of our broader cultural attitude regarding access for disabled and Deaf/deaf/HOH people: the onus is on the person who requires the accommodation to do the heavy lifting, and the fact that doing so is often not possible is seen as a failing on the part of person needing access that should have been reliably available but wasn't. It's far past time in this society that the dignity and well-being of disabled and Deaf/deaf/HOH be respected and prioritized ahead of the convenience of systems and services that routinely fail to provide necessary accommodations.
“the onus is on the person who requires the accommodation to do the heavy lifting” THAT THAT. And people are just easily able to deny our asks. We have no recourse, not in the moment.