I would agree with that! Jeanie often wishes they had one.
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From: "Mike Arrigo" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 8:54 AM
Subject: Re: [ATI] the hotel was Re: elections
They should just put grab bars in all the rooms and be done with it.
Original message:
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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