Accessibility Makes Everyone’s Life Easier
You know those days where you get to your home door and your arms and hands are full of bags? Don’t you wish you had a button for an automatic door opener?
Maybe it wasn’t til you had to push a stroller that you realized how few ramps there are, or how many steps the Montreal Metro system has.
Raise your hand if you’ve ever taken an elevator one flight when you are perfectly capable of taking the stairs?
Suffice to say, even if you don’t have a disability, I’m sure you’ve still managed to find many accessibility features useful. The fact is, they make life easier for everyone.
This is why I encourage universal design everywhere. Even if you are not currently disabled, you will likely be at some point in your life. It’s also likely you’ve broken a bone or had some sort of injury where you’ve needed to use accessibility devices of some sort already.
I want to give a concrete example of an establishment that has made their facility accessible in very subtle ways — and how despite not needing said accessibility features, added a certain amount of ease and delight to my stay.
I recently spent one night at Hotel X in Toronto.
I was accompanied from my taxi, to the lobby, and then to the front desk — a total of three people —…
