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Originally Posted by 4X4
Yea, maybe not the closest comparison, but it was in response to the suggestion that every store, everywhere has to be accessable to the (mobility) handicapped. If that's the case, why aren't there braille price stickers, and for that matter, braille labels and walking stick guide paths in all stores?
At least alot of curbs have ramps, and most big stores (safeway, walmart, home depot, chapters, adult depot) have wheelchair ramps.
Not every small store or restaurant can do it. It costs money to install a ramp, and limits the amount of stuff for sale by having fewer (wider) aisles. Too bad for the handicapped person. They can just boycott the place with all their friends and family and shop at the place down the street with the ramp.
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pretty much any new store should be accessible yes.
making the aisles wide as a standard door isn't too much to ask.
as far as the braille thing, I've never seen someone in the media asking for that, when has someone complained that there wasn't braille on a price tag? and at least someone who is visually impaired can get into the store..
easy for alot of able bodied people to sit here and act like it isn't a big deal for something as minor as narrow aisles, but until you deal with the same discrimination and general ignorance that I deal with virtually every time I step(wheel) out in public, you have no idea.