Also I forgot to mention that this Access also applies to people with walking difficulties and pram users as well as wheelchair.
Thanks!

I agree 100%!! It never ceases to amaze me how inconsiderate some people can be. There are more times than I'm willing to count, where I've had to remain in the vehicle, or actually have complained to the owners/managers just how UNaccesible their place of business is, My husband has even gotten to the point of parking in a regular space if he is the only person, (Not me.) entering an establishment.
Our agent for auto/home insurance is up a very steep, narrow flight of stairs which I don't even attempt to negotiate. There's absolutely no way someone in a wheelchair could even attempt it.

I'm in full agreement with you too! Accessibility has always been a pet peeve of ours, specifically as it relates to parking & especially here where we live. It seems that businesses, hospitals, doctors offices, etc. don't like to put in handicap spaces. And, if they do, the spaces are few & far between & so narrow a full size car, van or pickup has no hope of fitting between the lines & you can't possibly get the door open if you do manage to squeeze between the yellow markings. We are lucky, in that my hubby never had to use a wheelchair, because that would be absolutely hopeless here. After hubby's stroke, we went to a restaurant one day that did have handicapped spaces....way in the back of the building furthest from the entry door & across a gravel parking lot. It was hard enough for me to get across the lot...I don't know how hubby managed! If he hadn't been so angry about it & stubborn & hadn't want to go after the management of the restaurant of there lack of consideration, I don't think he'd have even tried. We always try to talk with management of any facilities that don't offer proper parking or enough parking, but we also always compliment those that are considerate of their patrons or patients. There are a very few of the good ones out there, but definitely not enough!

Right now, one of the things that's bothering me most involves a provincial park. We had company last weekend & they wanted to go to the park & see Kakabeka Falls, the Niagara of the North, after weeks of heavy rains. We get there & those that can walk get out & follow the boardwalks that all require taking stairs in order to get to the observation decks. Usually, I stay with whoever isn't able to walk, in this case it was my 87 year old mom, & drive across the bridge to the other side where there is only the one ramp to an observation deck that provides access for the handicapped to see that natural wonder & beauty of the falls. When I went to the roadway to drive across the bridge, it was closed for the season. So no access for anyone disabled or unable to walk at a park that should be accessible to everyone. My mom was not the only one disappointed by this. I saw another woman with a walker & a gentleman with a bad limp & 2 canes trying to capture a sight of the Falls with no luck. There was no way for any of them to make the long walk around the Falls to get to the ramp & the observation deck. They need more ramps & less stairs all around the trails! What really made a rotten thing worse was that there were no signs posted anywhere near where you paid your park fee telling you that there wasn't any access for disabled persons. Besides not having access to the park like everyone else, they were out a minimum of $3 for parking plus whatever it cost them to travel there. This situation was frustrating & unfair & really pointed out the inequalities & biases against persons with disabilities & the elderly.

When I was living in the rehab department, before I learned to walk again, I spent over a month in a wheelchair which gave me a new appreciation for those of us who have to spend any time in one at all.
After I had left my w/c behind I started to volunteer at our local hospital. (I had worked there years before.) Anyway, I was able to walk but my balance is screwed up for life; (I tend to look drunk when I walk.) I ended up complaining to the CEO about the lack of hand rails throughout the hospital. A medical establishment didn't even supply that! I was astounded!!
Having a stroke at age 36 has made me realize just how much able bodied people take for granted; he** I did!!

I agree with all-If I go somewhere and there is not adiquate parking, I take two spaces and accomindate ME! shelfish? maybe but ya got to do what ya got to do!

Dear Kenny,
I too know how you feel. Checkout concrete change. It is a movement that is helping in these problems. I'm not sure what the website is, but, they are working these issues fervently. Have a Blessed Day!

Hi disvet5,
thanks for that I will check it out, but you will not believe this in Manchester several miles away from me and some of there buses run around Oldham where I live are applying to the government for 35 million pounds to purchase double decker buses that are not accessible and actually have steps in them! They are just taking the mick!

It's amazing... Years ago when I walked into a Federal building where the social security office was, I could barely walk, they had a door that would automatically open if you pressed the button.. HA HA, the button wouldn't work unless you made it to the information desk 60feet inside of the building to ask for them to turn it on.
I called the local tv station, mayor's office and alderman, it has never been a problem since.