It's 2023, we should be doing much better than this.
, a disabled access review website, revealed that venues across the UK aren’t accessible enough for disabled people. It was the largest study of its kind in the UK and it included very damning statistics, such as 74% of respondents stating that they’d had disappointing trips or cancelled trips entirely due to poor accessibility.
She added that the checkout assistant was excited to see her use the accessible self-checkout, as she was the first wheelchair user to use it. She says she did find it easier than the regular checkouts which “seem to have been designed by tall people!”.A survey released in 2019 Toilet accessibility alone is essential for people with muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, motor neurone disease, multiple sclerosis, stroke, and people with severe and multiple learning disabilities, just to name a few.Make sure wheelchair users can wheel right up to the shelves/coolers without any obstructions like basket displays
If there is ‘scan as you shop’ or similar available, make sure there is a lower screen and lower scanners available for wheelchair users
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