Searc
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Aug 12, 2018
Exactly, which is why someone in a wheelchair is no more important than all the other people ahead of them in line.It's a fool's errand to guess at what handicaps a person is living with.
Exactly, which is why someone in a wheelchair is no more important than all the other people ahead of them in line.It's a fool's errand to guess at what handicaps a person is living with.
I mean, on a technicality you're not wrong. There is no law requiring preferential treatment for handicap people with regards to handicap accessible stalls. I think after everyone saw what a legal hassle setting up the whole parking spaces thing turned out to be they were happy to leave the bathroom issue up to social custom.Exactly, which is why someone in a wheelchair is no more important than all the other people ahead of them in line.
Perhaps it's a generational or a local norm. I really can't find anyone opposed to letting a handicap person in need have next in line access to the handicap stall. When I lived in Wisconsin I would regularly see people waiting for a stall and ignoring an empty HA stall.Being in a wheelchair does not give you front of the line access. You have no idea what kind of issues or disabilities a person in front of you has that may require them to use the handicap stall.
I think the point being made is not everyone who needs the handicap accessible stall looks like it. I'm positive on a personal note that if a person in a wheelchair was behind me and there was a handicap accessible stall even in the restroom I would say they are more than welcome to go in front of me..should I be the next in line because I'm not going to speak for everyone else.Perhaps it's a generational or a local norm. I really can't find anyone opposed to letting a handicap person in need have next in line access to the handicap stall. When I lived in Wisconsin I would regularly see people waiting for a stall and ignoring an empty HA stall.
I've lived in WI for 45 years. I've never seen anyone ignore an empty HA stall.I mean, on a technicality you're not wrong. There is no law requiring preferential treatment for handicap people with regards to handicap accessible stalls. I think after everyone saw what a legal hassle setting up the whole parking spaces thing turned out to be they were happy to leave the bathroom issue up to social custom.
Perhaps it's a generational or a local norm. I really can't find anyone opposed to letting a handicap person in need have next in line access to the handicap stall. When I lived in Wisconsin I would regularly see people waiting for a stall and ignoring an empty HA stall.
I would say that one should offer as much tolerance and accommodation to the disabled as they would hope to receive themselves if their situation were to take a foul turn.
I mean, on a technicality you're not wrong. There is no law requiring preferential treatment for handicap people with regards to handicap accessible stalls. I think after everyone saw what a legal hassle setting up the whole parking spaces thing turned out to be they were happy to leave the bathroom issue up to social custom.
Perhaps it's a generational or a local norm. I really can't find anyone opposed to letting a handicap person in need have next in line access to the handicap stall. When I lived in Wisconsin I would regularly see people waiting for a stall and ignoring an empty HA stall.
I would say that one should offer as much tolerance and accommodation to the disabled as they would hope to receive themselves if their situation were to take a foul turn.
I mean, on a technicality you're not wrong. There is no law requiring preferential treatment for handicap people with regards to handicap accessible stalls. I think after everyone saw what a legal hassle setting up the whole parking spaces thing turned out to be they were happy to leave the bathroom issue up to social custom.
Perhaps it's a generational or a local norm. I really can't find anyone opposed to letting a handicap person in need have next in line access to the handicap stall. When I lived in Wisconsin I would regularly see people waiting for a stall and ignoring an empty HA stall.
I would say that one should offer as much tolerance and accommodation to the disabled as they would hope to receive themselves if their situation were to take a foul turn.
I was responding, particularly, with people who suggested that handicapped people should have to wait in line like everyone else.I think the bolded part of your post is correct, but the issue is that being "handicapped" or needing the "handicapped" stall does not only apply to people in wheelchairs.
She should have waited her turn for the stall, just like everyone else in front of her had to wait. Her need is no more urgent than anyone else's in line.
in a wheelchair is no more important than all the other people ahead of them in line.
Entitlement culture. Like the rude people on scooters at the parks. Not everyone. But many of them seem to feel privileged to manoever their scooters in whichever way they wish.
Handicapped stalls in bathrooms are not specifically reserved for the handicapped. Hence why you won't get a ticket for using one if you're not handicapped.I was in Disney two weekends ago and there was a line going into the ladies room. By the time I got into the door, there were about five women ahead of me waiting for empty stalls. I saw the handicapped stall was unoccupied and I asked the woman in front of me if she was gong to take it when she said "no", I jumped on in. There was nary a handicapped person in sight.
So, what is your opinion about handicapped stalls/ And if you feel that they are reserved for handicapped only, how handicapped does a person need to be? I will wait for a handicapped stall to open up and use it instead of a regular stall due to bad knees. I just can't get up off the lower toilets anymore and need the handrails. But, I am otherwise able bodied.