Tiny homes on a public sidewalk (48 photos)

https://streetartutopia.com/2019/11/25/tiny-homes-on-a-public-sidewalk-48-photos/

Time for #TipOfDay since I’ve been glowing for a few days now with joy in having a number or things go right; good coffee at hand and a quiet home to browse online and remember other pleasant things that took a lot of work yet went well. This post has many accommodations we use for #Accessibility.

Solved: for my son who is a wheelchair user to sit right up to the table. The height of the chair arms was limiting how close he could sit. Tables were way too low or too high. After trips to furniture stores with no success finding a table with height to allow wheelchair to fit under it. “Counter height” tables too high.

Son has to have support for his back and arms while eating. He has declining dexterity so he has a special spoon and adult bib. I’ve kept a heavy vinyl topper on the heavy oak table and use placemats. Think: messy eater. He could only get seated close but still 8-10” farther away from the edge of our table because of the arms of his chair or wheelchair. We all wanted him to sit right up with us.

So, no new table was available and none online a height where a wheelchair user can fit in with the rest of the adults at the table. Think of how many families have this same issue! Surely a workaround is needed.

Voilá, lightbulb moment. Got very strong walnut risers 1” tall for table legs. Drilled hole through and got bolts 1 1/2” to attach to original hole in leg used for original bolt with thin hard caster. Put 2 heavy felt casters in place. Now table perfect height to allow an armchair or wheelchair to slide under. But the old chairs were a bit low for table now. Voilá, very thick chair pads solved it all. Instead of spending $1,000 or more on new table and chairs, spent about $100 and we are all happy. #Disability #Wheelchair #WheelchairUser #DisabilityAdvocacy

Over a month since I made a complaint about accessibility and quality of their 9 year old cinema, Showcase have finally responded.
For context - we went to see Wicked 2 on my Not Birthday last month. We booked the accessible row but non-wheelchair so I could take Roach but have a recliner seat. Paid extra for Xplus or "crystal clear definition" and "breathtaking, multidimensional sound". Spent a fortune on some impressively mediocre snacks.

Issue 1 - The seat didn't recline (broken) but it wasn't busy so we just moved along
Issue 2 - The screen quality was awful - there were swirly patterns all over the image throughout, which was really distracting
Issue 3 - The audio quality was possibly the worst I've ever experienced in a cinema. We could only hear it coming from the front because the accessible row had a high wall behind in where the regular stadium seating started so we were essentially in front of a baffle that blocked/muffled all the sound coming from the sides, meaning the mix was really odd in places.

We approached a staff member afterwards to make a complaint or at least let them know about the broken seat. They called a manager but I didn't want to hang around any more as I was feeling pretty overstimulated by that point and just wanted to go home. So I used their contact form online the next day.

I got a one line response a couple of days later asking if we'd received anything when we spoke to the staff member. I confirmed we hadn't. I got no further communication from them despite chasing it twice, until today.
Here is the response pasted directly.

"Thank you for the email below and we sinceely apologise for the experience you received in particular as it was your birthday to enjoy the reclining seat.
Wheelchair spaces are provided on the Gallery level as well as the low level between screens 1-6 except screen 4 , each row has is separated by a wall which does not impact the sound but provided adequate leg space for reclining the chairs and guest access.
I, sincerely apologise you have not had the correct response and it is unfortuante you did not speak with a manager on the day as the feedback would have been addressed with return tickets offered .
As a gesture of goodwill I would like to extend two complimenatry tickets to return in the near future, in hope you will accept them, please your full postal address."

Firstly, it is just terribly written for a person responsible for customer service. Maybe I'm being picky but there's a typo in the first sentence ffs.
Secondly, flat out telling me I'm incorrect about the sound being impacted by a solid wall is... a choice.
And then asking for more personal information so they can send two free tickets to go back? Bold. Their entire ticketing system is online so I'm not entirely sure why they couldn't just be emailed.
No mention of them ghosting me for a month or the screen quality.

But say I even wanted to go back, how would it be different? I checked out the gallery option, wondering why we hadn't seen it when we booked before. I couldn't find any available accessible tickets in the gallery in any showings I checked, until I realised that area is only available in the evening - we went mid afternoon.
It's also at least £10-15 more expensive and the actual wheelchair options? Right at the back in the corner of course! And you don't get a seat, just a space for your chair. Because ambulatory wheelchair users don't exist. What do you mean your chair doesn't recline? Ah, sucks to be you!

Of course you can just book regular seats in the gallery section and assume there's somewhere to store your wheelchair. Given the gallery has its own bar I wouldn't imagine that'd be too difficult, assuming they allow you to do that.

So if you're an ambulatory wheelchair user or can't do stairs and don’t want to sit right at the front:
- You can only go to the cinema in the evening
- It'll cost you £44-50 for two, not including drinks or snacks
- It'll be less if you're happy to sit in your wheelchair AND you have a CEA card as you'll get a free carer seat, BUT you have to sit at the back in the corner with the worst view of the screen
- You may or may not be able to store your chair/mobility aid somewhere nearby
If you're a full time wheelchair user, even less choice. If you're also going alone, it's not even cheaper - you're paying the same price as everyone else for an empty space to park.

This turned out even longer than I anticipated, I'm sorry. It is just SO frustrating. Even more so when you get responses like this.

#accessibility #disabled #wheelchairuser

Fundraising to Make Home Accessible // Recaudación fondos accesibilizar casa

Fundraising to Make Home Accessible

Hi! I'm Demian (he/they) and I have Long COVID, which causes extreme chronic fatigue and post-exertional malaise.

This leaves me in need of two things.

1) a more accessible shower (the one I currently have requires me to move both legs from a height that's inaccessible to me (and even using armrests is painful and difficult).

2) a wheelchair so I can have independent mobility (the doorway is too narrow, and minor work needs to be done to make it easier to get in and out with the wheelchair).

This fundraising effort is so I can have a wheelchair-accessible entrance and an accessible bathroom for my fatigue.
https://camaradademian.substack.com/p/fundraising-to-make-home-accessible

Hola! soy Demian (él/elle) y tengo COVID persistente que me crea fatiga crónica extrema y malestar post esfuerzo

Esto me hace verme en la necesidad de 2 cosas.
1) tener una ducha más accesible (la que tengo actualmente hace que tenga que mover ambas piernas con una altura que es inaccesible para mí (e incluso poniendo apoyos en los brazos se me hace doloroso y difícil).

2) una silla de ruedas para tener autonomía en mi movilidad (la entrada de la puerta es demasiado estrecha y se tiene que hacer una pequeña obra para poder entrar y salir con la silla de ruedas con facilidad).

Esta recaudación es para que yo pueda tener una entrada accesible para silla de ruedas y un baño accesible para mi situación de fatiga.

https://camaradademian.substack.com/p/fundraising-to-make-home-accessible

https://linktr.ee/camaradademian
PayPal: PayPal.Me (demianvione)
https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/demianvione
Ko-fi: Buy demian a Coffee (camaradademian)
https://ko-fi.com/camaradademian

@disability @mutual_aid #disabiltyjustice #mutualaid #directaid #wheelchairuser #mobilityaids

In much less frustrating news, the company I bought Roach ♿️ from have promptly sent out a new wheel to replace the broken one so I can go out on a little adventure for my birthday tomorrow while D is at work.

Now I need to decide what to do / where to go…

#Disabled #WheelchairUser

If you can't leave the sidewalk clear of *even your tailgate* when you pull into a residential driveway...

*Park at the curb you motherfuckers*.

#wheelchairuser #powerchairuser