Just something - I'm not attending London because I find the city in general to be painfully inaccessible & expensive for wheelchair users. The Tube is hardly accessible at all unless you're travelling between specific stations. London buses have the appearance of accessibility, but a lot of the attitudes involved between non-disabled bus users & drivers who don't want to take the time to get down their ramps make it awkward. Accessible taxis tend to cost twice as much as other taxis. If you just go in the street to get where you're going - if you even can all the way - people don't look where they're going, they walk into you, etc. I just don't ever visit London if I can possibly avoid it. Birmingham is little better for the same purposes, though I live in Manchester and have an easier time in my chair at home. But I hate, hate, HATE London from an accessibility POV. The place gives me panic attacks.
Someday there'll be a WorldCon somewhere I can afford to go AND physically manage... Someday. For the meantime, it's Discworld Con, Starfury & possibly EuroCon (Dublin) for me. Sigh. Being excluded by inaccessibility is a stressful thing. Particularly when you're not 30 yet & people assume you have to be older to be using a wheelchair.
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Date: 2012-09-07 05:27 pm (UTC)Someday there'll be a WorldCon somewhere I can afford to go AND physically manage... Someday. For the meantime, it's Discworld Con, Starfury & possibly EuroCon (Dublin) for me. Sigh. Being excluded by inaccessibility is a stressful thing. Particularly when you're not 30 yet & people assume you have to be older to be using a wheelchair.
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