@notes @foxhkron

maybe I am all wet, but any discussion of self driving cars that doesn't talk about "blind" or "disabled" is IMO an incomplete discussion

:)

@Hello57 @notes @foxhkron And this is where #universaldesign needs to be prioritized everywhere, by everyone, regardless of belief, ideology, "wing" or false narratives about that mandatory ponzi scheme called "the economy" not being able to "handle" making life easier for everyone - and raising up those of us who've never been on the level with the rest of society, to become equal to other human beings.

...too much to ask? Yah, probably.

@thespoonless

@Hello57 @notes @foxhkron

I wish my son would be able to learn a train schedule and have the ability to go where he needs to go or when he wants as an adult. However, we live in America, so he will have to depend on a Medicaid contracted transportation company to take him (only) to doctor appointments if he calls 72 hours in advance and they don't leave him sitting for hours after his appointment was supposed to start (which happens all the time).

@buddhabound @Hello57 @notes @foxhkron

Canada's very fragmented paratransit "system" (if it could even be called that) exists only in major cities, usually by private companies that gouge and abuse their customers, and very very few of them are linked with public transit corps outside of Vancouver or Toronto. IDK about other big cities.

And yah even on the transit-linked systems, you have to order in advance, days to weeks, and even then you may not get where you need to go, when you need to be there.