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

[Richard Kasperowski via OSList]

Hi, Harold! This is important. I've also encountered it as a gender bias
issue--if you're wearing a short skirt or dress, you might not want to bend
over in front of the group, and so you'll feel uncomfortable about fully
participating.

My easy solution: If it's a seated opening, I reserve one chair in the
innermost circle of chairs. I put paper and markers on that chair, as well
as on the floor. When I show people how to share a session idea, I model it
using the paper and marker on the chair so everyone knows they don't have
to get down on the floor.

What have other people done?

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On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 12:28 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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