Monday, December 25, 2023

ACCESSIBILITY IS AT THE INTERSECTION OF EMPLOYMENT

BARRIERS HINDER EMPLOYEMENT OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES


The Florida Department of Health Miami-Dade County main office does this. Clients and workers with mobility disabilities cannot use the main entrance.

I thought about my career and how sometimes lunch with the boss, or just chatting in the hallway on the way to run an errand – has resulted in an opportunity to pitch myself for a key project that led to a promotion.

If I had to roll the opposite direction, to the ramp segregated by design, I wouldn’t have that opportunity.

If I used a manual wheelchair, I’d have to race and huff and puff just to catch up to my lunch companions.

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