[OSList] Accessibility concerns about bending down to pick up paper/pens

Bhavesh Patel via OSList oslist at lists.openspacetech.org
Thu Aug 18 22:43:53 PDT 2016


Maybe they solved it themselves?

A few pillows for knees in the middle?

A few trays to lean on to write?



On 19 August 2016 at 07:27, Harold Shinsato via OSList <
oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> In the many OST's I've participated in or helped open myself, I've
> encountered this complaint about having to bend over to pick up the pens
> and the papers in only two instances. Both of which were Universities. In
> both cases, the leading edge of the complaint seemed to have to do with
> women's dresses, but I also heard something about being "able" prejudiced.
>
> The first University chose to put some tables outside the circle with some
> papers and markers. The second one is thinking they will wheel in a table
> after the opening into the center, which seems energetically disruptive.
>
> Have others encountered this? How did you deal with it?
>
>     Thanks!
>     Harold
>
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