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Apr. 28th, 2011
At the Gynaecon panel on accessibility, I promised to do some quick research so as to enable people to lobby the Hyatt for changes in an effective way and to enable us to help WASFF help future concommittees with choosing more accessible venues.
So, here is the information I have pulled together.
* Here is the information Karen Babcock used to put together the disability survey for WorldCon which apparently worked well: http://www.lawandsociety.org/ann_mtg/am08/disability_info.htm
* And here is the survey she used: https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AqBgToXNacS7dGlQZTdXQXZDT3ZQU2hKMXV1c3E0bXc&hl=en#gid=0
* I contacted the Disability Services Commission and their advice is to contact the Hyatt directly and then, if unsatisfied with their response, to contact the Equal Opportunity Commission and the City of Perth.
* And here is a site for coming up with a better plan: http://wiki.sf.org.au/Accessibility
So, I've emailed the Hyatt and would encourage others to do the same. I have not heard back from them yet.
I will contact WASFF in a while, once people have had a chance to talk this over.
So, here is the information I have pulled together.
* Here is the information Karen Babcock used to put together the disability survey for WorldCon which apparently worked well: http://www.lawandsociety.org/ann_mtg/am08/disability_info.htm
* And here is the survey she used: https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AqBgToXNacS7dGlQZTdXQXZDT3ZQU2hKMXV1c3E0bXc&hl=en#gid=0
* I contacted the Disability Services Commission and their advice is to contact the Hyatt directly and then, if unsatisfied with their response, to contact the Equal Opportunity Commission and the City of Perth.
* And here is a site for coming up with a better plan: http://wiki.sf.org.au/Accessibility
So, I've emailed the Hyatt and would encourage others to do the same. I have not heard back from them yet.
I will contact WASFF in a while, once people have had a chance to talk this over.
Pearl and Hypotonia
Apr. 28th, 2011 08:24 pmI should have realised her vitamin D levels were down because Pearl's ability to climb stairs has degenerated. She could do it on her own but for the last two months has either crawled up or asked to hold my hand.
I had thought this was a form of jealousy - Ruby gets carried everywhere and I thought that was why Pearl was requesting rides in the pram and being carried up and down the stairs. Not so much, I think.
I had thought this was a form of jealousy - Ruby gets carried everywhere and I thought that was why Pearl was requesting rides in the pram and being carried up and down the stairs. Not so much, I think.
