They should just put grab bars in all the rooms and be done with it.
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actually a lot of the rooms had grab bars in the showers. Most if not
all but they did not have grab bars for the toilets. Most hotels have a
limited number of ADA rooms. Mark and I have often been asked at hotels
if we want an ADA room and we deny it. Once I was mobile even when I
still had issues I denied it because I figured someone else might need
it more. While the hotel should not have given away your room anyone
who was given an ADA room who did not need it should have done the
right thing and turned it down. I know its hard Carol. Since my knee
surgery I have noticed how low many toilets are now. I also get
frustrated when people use the handicapped stall in restrooms who do
not need it. While I walk really well it is still hard for me in the
bathrooms with low toilets. What is nice now is many stores are putting
in two stalls one for wheelchairs and one with grab bars alone. What is
not good is the number of people who use these stalls as dressing rooms
or private bathrooms who do not need them. My suggestion Carol because
a lot of hotels do not understand that blindness alone does not make
you need an ADA room is to write a nice letter to the hotel telling
them what happened. You never know you might get some form of
compensation however remember you catch more flies with honey than you
do with vinegar. Also as I said before the people who did not actually
need an ADA room should have turned it down so lets face it there is
some responsibility there too.
Robyn
Never underestimate yourself. You are a special person and there is no
one quite like you.
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