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Old 07-15-2002, 10:29 AM  
Sly_RJ
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Originally posted by MikeEP
This may be a little of topic, but somehow it works here.
My girlfriends father (stroke victim and who's also in a wheelchair) came out to visit for a while. So obviously we took him out, dinner every night, shopping almost daily, etc, etc.

Just being in a situation to have to care for a person in a wheelchair for a week, was truly an experience.

Everywhere we went, we fought with the most smalllest things that we all take for granted. I simply couldn't believe how difficult it was to simply get him through a door, or into a store. Let alone trying to sit down at table in a cafe. Every tiny little thing was an issue. Even down to a little crack in ground or a uphill lump in the concrete.

The shit these people have to go through is all fucked up. Hell, trying to find a spot in a handicap space? Forget about it...all the people who are fine and can walk, (visually having no problems) take them up.

What the guy did in the strip club i agree with everyone as being way over excessive. But the reality behind the bullshit is something to think about.
True that brotha. I'll let you in on a secret. I've been in a chair for about 10 years now and parking, although it absolutely sucks, is the LEAST of the accessibility problems. I fucking love living in San Diego, but trying to go anywhere downtown is a complete bitch. Can't get in a good number of stores and restaurants, and the ones you can, are so cramped you can barely maneuver around in.

Hell I've been living here for a year and still haven't been down to Tijuana because all my friends say it will be impossible to get around anywhere because of the fucked up roads and so many stairs.

But this dude did go too far, didn't need to bust out with the law suit. Hell, I get into Deja Vu just fine, so I'm happy for now...
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