Monday 21 May 2012

Hotels and Accessibility

I thought I would do a quick post to kill time whilst on a long train journey.

The Ibis room in Glasgow I just stayed at was so close to being accessible, but failed for a very simple, fixable reason. 

The bathroom was excellent - wet room style with shower stool and plenty of grip bars. 


However, getting to the bathroom would be a problem for anyone with a wheelchair larger than mine (a Quickie Helium to give you an idea).  The gap between the bedroom door once opened, the end of the bed, and the wall was a squeeze for me, and therefore needs to be much bigger in order to accommodate a variety of wheelchairs.


That is pretty much it, and by changing the layout I am sure it could be fixed.


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