Highly recommend this story for everyone to read. First, it is beautifully written & honest, especially the part about the fear of not being chosen during HS for class assignments. Second, it gives us insight on the little things we need to do to enable mobility for the disabled.
As a mother, I wheel my baby around the city a lot. He can’t walk yet & too heavy to carry around. And when I stroll him around, I notice that Hong Kong is not wheel-chair/stroller friendly at all. Pavements don’t have a natural curve to enable u to go straight & so u can’t move
I actually haven’t seen any wheel chair around Hong Kong unless it is being pushed by someone & just on a few roads where this is possible.
Accessibility is limited & can’t tell u how excited I get when I see a ramp.
But my angst is a sliver of what disabled people face.
Accessibility is limited & can’t tell u how excited I get when I see a ramp.
But my angst is a sliver of what disabled people face.
And in a developed place like Hong Kong, I don’t see why sidewalks aren’t paved to be more friendly to disabled people or mothers or caretakers.
Beyond HK, I do think we need to put ourselves in disabled people’s place because we can easily be there. Just takes accident.
Beyond HK, I do think we need to put ourselves in disabled people’s place because we can easily be there. Just takes accident.
And when that happens, we would wish for a society to have more compassion for a life that is already made difficult by physical challenges. And the little thing like a sidewalk that is wheel chair friendly can make a difference between mobility/not, disabled/enabled.
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