Trouble Is Everywhere

I cannot imagine Why I distrust my university to handle accessibility-related concerns

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:34:40 GMT

Oh goody! This is a presentation for all students, staff, and faculty!

As long as none of them use wheelchairs, because the presentation is down a flight of stairs and none of the presenters have any idea how to access the key-only elevator to the main level. Nor had they thought of it. They also decided this was the fault of people who manage the building, not themselves, who presumably had some input into the room used.

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Today in things I can't make up

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 21:49:18 GMT

If you're wondering why I may not trust my university to keep accessibility issues in mind when planning events.

I've just ducked out of the event that is currently being hosted, in part, by the group of people that will be working together in order to highlight accessibility issues on campus.

There's a reception! There's food!

The food for the reception is down the only flight of stairs in the entire public area of the building.

Said the event organizer, who is one of the people who agrees that accessibility issues on campus are a problem: "Oops."

Not that there's anything she can do about it at this stage. But really: Even with the best of intentions, these things get forgotten. And yet, people think I should trust them to remember.

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Karate!

Sat, 02 Oct 2010 17:01:22 GMT

This would have been my fourth week of Karate but Ginny! and Ysa! was last weekend so it's my third week. And it continues to be awesome!

Today we talked more about stance, about body connection, and about kata. We're down many many people - class number today was 7, when we started out with 20. I don't know if that's reflective of people deciding to drop out or if they, like me, had to miss a class.

I am really enjoying the class. I can't remember if I said this last time, but one of the things I like is that during Karate class I can't spend any time thinking about anything else. I need to concentrate on everything that's in front of me. I wouldn't say all my cares go away, but they certainly seem to take a short vacation. (I had this really long conversation with Don about it, because any excuse to talk about me is awesome.)

Here's a YouTube link to the Kata we're learning. I, of course, look a lot more like a flailing beach ball with feet and arms all over the place, but I did that! (Well, most of that. We have 4 more moves to learn.)

I'm so glad I'm doing this.

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Trouble Is Everywhere

I cannot *imagine* Why I distrust my university to handle accessibility-related concerns

Today in things I can't make up

Karate!

I cannot imagine Why I distrust my university to handle accessibility-related concerns