[Ansteorra] mobility issues

[A Brauer]

Lord Richard has a difficult time getting around many events.  We pick and 
choose which events we will attend based on the site.

If we have not been to a particular site before, I will call in advance and 
make sure that he will be able to get around.

Camp Cimmeron is one site that he has gone to and found it too diffucult to 
get around.

Regular porta potties are out of the question for him.  He has to get out of 
his wheelchair and crawl around on the floor to use one.  Which by the way 
is unhealthy to do.

Feasts can be hard as stated because of the way the tables are spaced.  If 
wheelchair bound people were allowed to reserve a table ahead of time that 
would be benificial.  Too often even when we arrive early it is difficult to 
find seating where he is comfortable at.  It makes it hard to enjoy such 
events when you are stuck behind a row of tables with barely enough room to 
turn around, or feel you have to sit in one spot so that you don't desturb.


Sites with cactus, stickers etc are hard on wheelchair tires.  Richard has 
had many a flat at an event. Hills, ditches and alot of underbrush are 
difficult for him.

We haven't camped at Warlord in several years.  The site is ok, but we usual 
wound up camping too far away from the bath house or handicap privy.  He too 
has to carry a chair with him so that he may shower.

But it is not just events to take into consideration.   Are you holding 
fighter practice at a handicap friendly place?  What about business and 
populace meetings?  If they are held in a home, can a wheelchair negotiate 
through it?  If you do not have wide doors, would YOU crawl around on your 
bathroom floor?  If you wouldn't, he wouldn't either.

We don't expect special favors, just take into consideration those that need 
a little extra space or flatter ground.

Just my two copper,

HL Mary Elisabeth
(whose knees scream mercy at events)

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