News of the Weird

[conarb]

I found this interesting in Australia, and the social justice agenda is one of the United Nations agenda:

At Australia's sixth annual National Disability Summit in Melbourne in March, all of the speakers except one were able-bodied. That person, in a wheelchair, had to be lifted up to the stage because there was no ramp. Furthermore, disabled activists in attendance told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. that the "disabled" section's table was at the back of the room, the food tables were elevated to accommodate standers, and one accessible toilet was being used as storage space. [Australian Broadcasting Corp. News, 3-26-2015]¹

The most interesting part of this isn't the lack of access for the disabled, but that it was largely attended by the "do-gooders" profiting off the truly handicapped.

¹ http://www.newsoftheweird.com/archive/

 

[ADAguy]

Yes, and in Atlanta starting Sunday, the 25th anniversay ADA Symposium begins for 4 days of intensive workshops with 800 of us (mostly ADA Coordinators seeking training but very few AHJ, or architrcts) in attendence from all 50 states.

This is the "bomb", it has been growing like Kadzu. More able and disable in one place, Portman's Peachtree Hyatt.

Coincidently the last 3 days of the week are the AIA Convention, accidental planning?

Thought the Aussie's were better than that, oh well.