CJ, perhaps you AND some other students could write and sign a petition.
Better yet, get the president of the school to use a wheelchair for a few
days. The president of cal state long beach went in a chair for two weeks,
and believe me, he made drastic changes!



Tamar Magenta Raine
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Oakland Mayor's Commission on People with disabilities


> [Original Message]
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> Date: 1/6/2004 11:29:49 AM
> Subject: The great doors question!
>
> This morning I had to go down to one of the other college campus to
register
> with the disabilities office. Trying to rsgister next week when the campus
> will be officially open is always a nightmare. Anyway as a result the
campus was
> practically empty. It is also 17 degrees outside. Coldest it's been all
> winter. I had never been to this campus before and it is very big and
spread out
> with stairs everywhere. You know one of those places where finding
elevators is
> worse then looking for a needle in a haystack?
>
> Anyway I had to go in and out of many buildings.. all the buildings have 2
> sets of doors to go through to get inside and out. In every building the
outer
> door would be automatic but the inner door have nothing or vice versa. So,
> there I am in the freezing cold trying to open doors and jam my electric
chair
> through them, before they closed without breaking my joystick box or my
fingers,
>
> I just had to laugh cuz I notice this a lot out in public. Like if I go to
> walmart and the entrance doors are automatic but not the exit doors. It's
like
> they either don't want you to go in or they don't want you to leave. I
know
> here they built a 20 stadium movie theater 3 yrs ago with over 25
entrances and
> not ONE eletric or power assist door. I've written so many letters. It's
funny
> how the college disabilites office just tells you to ask someone to open
the
> doors. Of course that still reqiuires sitting out in the cold. Still I
find it
> HYSTERICAL what's the point of only doing 1 door if you have to go
through 2
> doors to get in or out?
>
> Just my twisted sense of humor I suppose. hehe
>
> CJ aka Christina Jo
> "Blood to blood I summon thee. Bring back the power of three!" ~Piper
> "Charmed Again"
>
> Believer in the only TRUE power of 3... LOVE, COMPASSION, STRENGTH