Sun, Sep 18, 2016
On Sunday in the Russian capital was organized
large-scale march “Moscow. Access is “, which was attended
people with disabilities. To get to know the problems
disabled people and fully experience the difficulties with which they
faced daily, decided to participate in the action
representatives of different professions – journalist, actor, designer and
Economist. People with disabilities and healthy participants
shares, wheelchair, went to conquer
a distance of several kilometers from the well-known garden
�”Aquarium” on Mayakovskaya Street to the City Hall on Tverskaya. Difficulties
appeared at the beginning of the path: despite the fact that the action took place in
the very center of the Russian capital, many shopping facilities were for
wheelchairs are not available, particularly for people with disabilities due to lack of
ramps or their inappropriate condition it was impossible to get into
Megafon store, 36.6 pharmacy, Kofehauz cafe
(shame!) Adapted for wheelchair users were such objects
as Sberbank and Shokoladnitsa, McDonalds can also be noted
however, there were difficulties with access to the ramp, which was
in potholes and pits. Most of the complaints were caused by a ramp in the underground
transition to Tverskaya, it was equipped in such a way that
the wheelchair could not come down, this maneuver could well have
end with new injuries. To the participants of the action “Moscow. Access
have “been able to be on the other side of the street, the traffic police
had to block traffic on the highway. The results of the procession
lead to disappointing conclusions: despite the fact that several
years ago, the state and government of Moscow drew attention to
wheelchair problems and began to allocate money for the creation
decent infrastructure, this process is slow and
even what is done does not always meet the criteria of quality and
availability.
