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| View from the wheel chair. We found out that it was extremely difficult for wheel chair people to order a meal from this |
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| View from the wheel chair
The designed environment is not work well for people with special needs as we encountered lots of challenges during our experience. There is bottom for the side door to open automatically; however, the bottom didn't work and it is impossible for disabilities to get into the building. Also, the slope which links the elevator and Daggy 1A is super dangerous as I cannot control my wheel chair at all. Part of the reason for me to have less control over my wheel chair is because that there were some people who also wanted to pass through the door and they let me feel nervous. In addition, the elevator in Daggy Hall is not big enough to allow wheelchair users to turn around, they have to move in straightly and get out backward.
I believe that designed environment should be accessible to everyone but we still need to take cost into consideration. If the cost is not allowed to make the environment fully accessible, I would suggest to make only the main floor and entrance fully accessible. The costs to our society if everyone isn't able to make a contribution because the designed environment isn't accessible is that we can't hear from disabilities. The society lost the chance to get varied contribution from all kinds of people. The automatic sliding door is a great technology that make the world more accessible to all people. Also, the automatic flush system, automatic faucet also contributed the accessible environment. The elevator also let the tall building become accessible to all people. |
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