I have found despite all of my confident online access research that, if you are disabled, you really do have to check out how it works. It's never straightforward.I'm not ALL that disabled but, after my experience last summer, I really cannot carry around a knapsack. Even if it's really light. I just can't carry things. I can still walk, so I don't need a placard, it's the carrying thing. Especially since I'm constantly picking up and returning library books. So my doctor filled out a form saying I can't carry more than 2 pouinds. Supposedly that gets me disabled parking. Which has worked the few times I've tried it
But I can pull things (within reason) so I bought what I call an old lady rollerbag. It works fine. I can get it on the bus. One time I tried the wheelchair lift; that was kinda ridiculous.
But even if you think you know where you are going on the University of Washington campus, it will fool you every time. Stairs everywhere and a lot of times, things that look close are totally not close at all and might have quite an elevation change.
If I have to drag my roller bag up a flight of stairs, that's no good.
I'm mentally preparing myself for taking Prof. Naar's Holocaust class next quarter. I hope to be able to talk my way into a section. The class is filling up pretty strong but I think it will work out. As I wrote earlier, the sections really fill up by location. The least favorite location: Fisheries Science, way down by the ship canal.
This is not old lady roller bag material especially considering where my bus stops (which I'm not too sure but it's still not going to work). So they have a Dial-A-Ride service for disabled students. I am registered as a disabled student. Today, after calling around, I see that it very well might work to use this shuttle service. I'm feeling good about it if I get stuck out at Fisheries. So I'm good.
What about Anderson? I look at the disabilities map for Anderson Hall. Nothing. All of the other building show the wheelchair route and the disabilities entrance. Nothing, nada. I call the disabiltiies offfice, they know nothing. C'mon guys.
An older building for UW 1925. From the pictures it looks like it might be ok except for the three steps to the front door. If that's my only problem, I'll be ok.
But who knows? I know I have to go check it out beforehand. Adventure awaits me.
A recent picture of Anderson Hall.
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Anderson has a big beautiful wooden staircase and no elevator. If the room is on the first floor, you only have the entrance steps to combat, and you might be able to thwart those too by the side entrance. But it is one of the least accessible buildings on campus. I had a class scheduled to be in Anderson and then they moved it less than a week before it started because a handicapped student switched into the class.
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