We do tend to think of wheelchairs when we think of the ADA, but it is of course a much broader question.
There are to my certain knowledge at least three members of this google group who are disabledand for whom an absence of the ADA means in greater or lesser degree an inability to work, go to school, socialize, eat out, and do many other things. And in all of our coworking spaces there are certainly people with disabilities, some of whom have chosen to keep this from us and also people who did not join because of accessibility issues which we know nothing about. It's a blindness, a case of "you don't knwo what you don't know". Approximately 20% of Americans has a disability. All of us will have at least one between borth and death, folks who do not have one now are the temporarily abled. Disability rights are civil rights. Anybody who wants to talk about accessibility issues and coworking has my full attention and support. It's mah thing. I can be found every Tuesday at 9 pm Amsterdam, 3 pm New York, on Twitter taking part in #AXSChat <http://www.axschat.com/> on accessibility and a11y issues and everybody is welcome to join us. Today we are chatting with Joe Devon, one of the founders of Global Accessibility Awareness Day. (June 18th for the curious) People who work with physical structures and accessibility regularly come on; many structural problems are easily solved shortly after there is the will to do it. There are many ways to skin any particular cat when inclusion and accesssibility are important. Compliance is not the same thing as inclusion and sometimes works agoinst it of course. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
