Posts by Angela Hart
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Access: Respect, please, in reply to Christine Peet,
We provided clear and polite feedback, both verbally and in writing.
The bump strips for the blind can often be placed so that it's still possible to push a manual chair without too much difficulty. Too often they are not. Both sets of needs can usually be accommodated if the designers know enough about the needs of the users. The point I'm trying to make is that they don't. -
Let's try that link again
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Hard News: Dirty Politics, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,
To know the source could help him see how deep in shit National are prepared to go.
Help him prove how deep.
Reminds me of an old palmolive ad www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzmTtusvjR4 -
yup, we stayed in a Tauranga motel this year, checked it was accessible prior, ( as you really have to do), found it wasn't really. Very steep short portable ramp put in place for the occasion but only workable with an able bodied pusher and difficult even then. Bathroom was fine, and that's what the motelier was thinking about, not whether you could actually get in and out of the room unaided. Polite but clear feedback provided but what's the betting if we actually returned, that nothing has changed?
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Access: Respect, please, in reply to Rosemary McDonald,
If only the designers and engineers were able to recognise what they don't know and ask for input- from a diverse range of likely users, not a narrow group. I'm getting really worried about the advisory groups and policy makers because they probably think they've taken appropriate steps (language!) by consulting with a narrow group, often of very able disabled. Complex and high needs people are routinely overlooked and it is the group most desperately in need of appropriate access and resources.
Those tactile strips for the blind are a pain in the backside for manual wheelchair users, as are the lovely up and down slopes for every driveway on residential streets, you'd think we could come up with better systems for everyone. Problem is the problem is not recognised. -
Hard News: Dirty Politics, in reply to T Oliver,
Can you elaborate a little for those of us who cannot currently access the source?
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I think Catherine remains determined to put this travesty right just as soon as she gets the chance to do it. But she can't do it on her own.
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Speaker: Why you should vote, in reply to Rosemary McDonald,
I guess this ;
this link isn't working
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Speaker: Why you should vote, in reply to Rosemary McDonald,
Maybe I should take a different tack with Labour and the Greens on this.
Instead of asking "Will you.....?" I might ask "Why wouldn't you.....?"
They've both said they want to fix this problem. They don't want to promise to do it ahead of other priorities and not knowing what strength they will have in a new governing situation. You've actually got honest answers instead of promises which might not be able to be kept.
However you are right about the lack of information on this in written policy. -
Speaker: Why you should vote, in reply to Rosemary McDonald,
It always amuses me when those of us who don't vote are accused of being "apathetic", "lazy" or "foolish".
In many cases it is a well considered stance...if you like...a political statement.
Whereas I would choose to spoil my ballot paper if I wished to demonstrate my disgust at the lack of decent choices, which at least has a chance of being recognised as a political statement. I don't think failing to vote has much chance of being seen as a political statement. It means that you choose not to do the little that you can. It is your choice., but it is a hard won right that you are setting aside.