Talk:Access

This useful pointer showed up on the Readercon list.

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From: Rose Fox <email address redacted> Date: Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 10:33 AM Subject: Great post on wheelchair/scooter accessibility at events To: Readercon <email address redacted>

http://access-fandom.dreamwidth.org/11180.html

"Accessibility doesn't just mean I get easily into a building. Accessibility means anonymity. It reduces the need for compassion, understanding, special consideration, to Nil. It allows me to slip in unnoticed and set up quietly. This doesn't mean it masks my disability, it just makes it mean something very different."

Here's a handy venue checklist posted in the comments:

http://resources.bi.org/wiki/index.php/Accessibility_Checklists

This is defintely the level of detail we should go to on our website when discussing accessibility.

--Rose