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

[Jennifer Hurley via OSList]

I often say something in the opening like "if it's difficult for you to bend over or you think your handwriting is too bad, ask one of your neighbors to help." This also gives an easy out to anyone who may be illiterate. I think it also fosters a sense of camaraderie. But it doesn't make it 100% as easy for someone with physical or literacy problems to participate, so it may not be the best answer. I really resist tables inside the circle, though. I've had to do several events that way, and there is definitely a negative impact on the energy in the room. 

Jennifer Hurley
Hurley-Franks & Associates
267-971-4598
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> On Aug 19, 2016, at 12:27 AM, 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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