Accessibility & Voting
May. 2nd, 2011 02:56 pm![[personal profile]](http://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
troubleWe voted! It was awesome! I love voting.
Our polling station was mostly good for accessibility issues. The door was heavy and didn't have a button, so points down for that, and the signs were difficult to see coming up to them because of the other signs in front.
But the space was wheelchair accessible, no one blinked or made faces or reacted to Don being there, they treated him like he was an adult rather than baby talking to him. (Note: baby talk in Canada is not the same thing as simple language. It's the high sing-song voice and slightly-above-babbling that parents use to their toddlers.) There was enough space for him to get his chair (which is a monster of a chair) behind the polling both for him to vote privately, and they told him openly and happily that if there were any problems they'd be happy to move things around for him. They were proactive and eager to be helpful. It was awesome.
My disappointments were the door, the sign, and that they didn't offer anyone an accessibility form to fill out. If you are looking for one, you can get an accessibility feedback form at the Elections Canada website.
But. All that aside, the voting has been accomplished, and now comes the waiting.
Our polling station was mostly good for accessibility issues. The door was heavy and didn't have a button, so points down for that, and the signs were difficult to see coming up to them because of the other signs in front.
But the space was wheelchair accessible, no one blinked or made faces or reacted to Don being there, they treated him like he was an adult rather than baby talking to him. (Note: baby talk in Canada is not the same thing as simple language. It's the high sing-song voice and slightly-above-babbling that parents use to their toddlers.) There was enough space for him to get his chair (which is a monster of a chair) behind the polling both for him to vote privately, and they told him openly and happily that if there were any problems they'd be happy to move things around for him. They were proactive and eager to be helpful. It was awesome.
My disappointments were the door, the sign, and that they didn't offer anyone an accessibility form to fill out. If you are looking for one, you can get an accessibility feedback form at the Elections Canada website.
But. All that aside, the voting has been accomplished, and now comes the waiting.
