THESE
SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED IN THE FLORIDA –
OR ANY
OTHER STATE’S – BUILDING CODE
They require a key and it gets lost.
They put
people with disabilities at the mercy of a never answered call button.
They create
dependency and shame.
This
abomination is at a recently-opened luxury waterfront multifamily complex.
The
location, close to transit, jobs and mixed-use, is ideal for people with
disabilities.
But lazy
architects, planners, building departments and more -- have made hundreds of
units off limits to all people with disabilities.
Wheelchair
users are fiercely independent—when they aren’t blocked by barriers.
