I am disabled, I use crutches but there are times when I am having a bad spell I find myself wheelchair bound. I am in excruciating pain twenty four seven and I take morphine for the pain. I have recently developed a heart problem due to having to use morphine.
Now once a week I attend a country and western night at a local venue but in order for me to access the venue I have to climb a flight of stairs and when I do eventually get up the stairs I have to sit and try and hold the toilet in all night because the toilets are down stairs.
If I should be going through a bad spell and have to use my wheelchair then I can't even go to the club.
Now I was under the impression that all public buildings should be accessable to disabled people.
Don't get me wrong and before anyone thinks of getting on there high horse I am not winging or asking for special treatment here all I am asking for is to have the same rights and access as abled bodied people to entertainment.
All the best,
BEANS
2007-02-27 11:08:04 · 14 answers · asked by BEANS 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
It's people like you slacker 31 that get the mostly decent, honest, compassionate people of the UK a bad name due to lack of any brain cells.
2007-02-27 11:49:09 · update #1
you have the same rights as everyone else,its time the club you go to abides by the rules and get wheelchair access,to accomadate,disabled individuals,like yourself and other disabled people,gr8 question.
2007-02-27 11:19:20 · answer #1 · answered by LYNDA M 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Eventually all buildings will have to comply with certain standards in order to meet the disability discrimination act.
However, there are certain things that are exempt, such as if modifications cannot be made due to the building being listed, or any modification would cause hazards to other members of public (such as ramps extending past doorways where they people can trip over them).
Your best bet is to ask the owners if they plan to make any provisions - they can probably explain what they can and can't do.
2007-02-27 11:13:47 · answer #2 · answered by Natalie B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course you have rights. Go to your towns municipal building and ask them about the accessibility of public buildings. You can also write a letter to your towns mayor about it and take it from there. You can also look in the Internet and see if they have any organizations for the disabled(differently abled).They too can help. I hope this can help in some way so you can go out and have some fun.
2007-02-27 11:17:13 · answer #3 · answered by rencar32002 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you live in England, you certainly do have rights, and YES the building has to make toilets and all amenities available to wheel chair users. And you should write to the management of this establishment and let them know. You would be doing this for others not just yourself.
The very fact that you have written this question is proof so ou go for it. If it can only make you feel better about it.
2007-02-27 11:18:04 · answer #4 · answered by SUPER-GLITCH 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some buildings are not required to have handicap accessibility. But you would need to check your State laws regarding handicap access.
But you cant be discriminated against because of your disability. IE..they cant refuse to serve you because you are disabled which is covered by the Federal Disability Act.
2007-02-27 11:13:37 · answer #5 · answered by Martin 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You do have rights and the people providing your country and western night should be doing more for you to make as accessible as possible. maybe you should politely point this out to them because not only are they likely to lose your custom they are in fact breaking the law. Good luck!
2007-02-27 11:14:10 · answer #6 · answered by bamba_982 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
theoretically you have rights but when it comes to practice not really. there should be wheelchair access for you and a toilet that you can use but it normally comes down to cost which means that this doesn't happen. i've heard of places shutting down the toilets without disabled access so they don't have to make additional provision......
hope they sort it out for you x
2007-02-27 11:12:38 · answer #7 · answered by aria 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, i`ll go aong with that !
I`m a raspberry and use a wheelchair myself, and funny enough the most inaccessible places seem to be government builings ?
All public venues now should comply with the D.D.A.........
Disability Discrimination Act !
2007-02-27 11:15:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If a club was in existence before the ADA laws were passed they were most likely "Grandfathered" in and do not have to make their club accessible. Sorry to be the bearer of that bad news.
2007-02-27 11:18:25 · answer #9 · answered by Aliz 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree, they should have wheel chair ramps for the handicap and toilets should be close by. It's the law...
This is a public building and open to the public. They are required to abide by the law.
2007-02-27 11:13:11 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋