tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post5793377724699763837..comments2023-10-07T22:37:49.244+13:00Comments on The Hand Mirror: Disability and Queer Issues Part 1katyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15742280289613450293noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-23433499925455165352012-08-02T19:46:19.005+12:002012-08-02T19:46:19.005+12:00Queer spaces are too often inaccessible - even on ...<i>Queer spaces are too often inaccessible - even on the most basic level of being wheelchair accessible.</i><br /><br />I'm not particularly active in queer community stuff, but I just had this assumption that if anywhere was aware of access issues and things, it would be a marginalised queer kids community centre (for example).<br /><br />On the other hand, I can also easily imagine a queer resource centre being forced to squeeze into some poky, inaccessible office, due to lack of funding/priorities on the part of the community/university/government/whatever.<br /><br />I don't really have enough experience, much less relevant experience to contradict anything in this post, much as I wish I could, and I don't really have any sage advice to add. I just wanted to share a perspective - that *of course* nice, enlightened, discriminated against, queer people would and SHOULD be aware of disability issues (if not in detail, at least in general), and that if they aren't accommodated, then it is because they may not have the power or resources to accommodate those issues. <br /><br />It is sad and startling (privilege, I guess) to hear that it isn't the case.Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03602596541506633019noreply@blogger.com