Categoría:wheelchair

«How about you send the kids and you can do your own thing»: Grandparents exclude wheelchair-using son-in-law from their Christmas vacation

Publicado el por Categorías:accessible, aita, christmas, disability, disabled, family, family drama, father in law, grandma, Grandpa, grandparents, in laws, mother in law, parents, Reddit, wheelchair, wheelchairs

It’s abundantly clear that we don’t live in a particularly accessible world. According to the American’s With Disabilities Act, an «accessible» place is «a site, facility, work environment, service, or program that is easy to approach, enter, operate, participate in, and/or use safely and with dignity by a person with a disability.» Despite the ADA …
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‘You can just leave your wheelchair there’: Wheelchair User Schools Theme Park Employee on Casual Ableism With Malicious Compliance

Publicado el por Categorías:ableism, customer service, customers, disability, lesson, malicious compliance, Reddit, theme park, wheelchair

It’s easy to take for granted just how much of the world is geared around those of us who have full use of our legs. There are accessibility issues all over the place, and sadly there are many out there who keep on creating more all of the time.  It makes being a wheelchair user …
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Elon Musk Accuses Former Twitter Employee of Faking Disability

Publicado el por Categorías:design, disability, disabled, elon musk, fired, graphic design, job, tweet, tweets, Twitter, twitter story, Twitter Thread, wheelchair, wheelchairs

Elon Musk doesn’t have an excellent reputation for treating employees well. He’s been laying off entire teams at Twitter for months, and the website is suffering for it. Just yesterday, most of the images on the app weren’t loading! Even Elon Musk’s most loyal devotees are not being treated well. Do you remember the employee …
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