Archive for August 1st, 2008
Dear President MacLauchlan
Stephen Pate, of PEI Disability Alert, investigates accessible parking at UPEI
Thank you for writing.
I am not mis-representing the situation. Anyone who believes they are helping people who can’t walk by moving parking further away is engaging in flawed logic. It’s beyond me that you, a very intelligent person, would hold to this belief.
UPEI’s position defies all understanding we have of accommodation to the needs to those with disabilities. It represents thinking of several decades ago.
Stephen,
Wade MacLauchlan outside University of Prince Edward Island which recently moved to remove accessible parking from the inner campus
Notwithstanding attempts to help you to understand the changes to disability parking arrangements at UPEI you continue to misrepresent the situation. The letter to the Guardian from the PEI Council of People with Disabilities offers an accurate account, and a fair representation of what UPEI is actually doing through the implementation of the University’s accessibility plan. The letter to the Guardian is at the following url
Enjoy your summer.
H. Wade MacLauchlan
President and Vice-Chancellor
University of Prince Edward Island
Phone: (902) 566-0400
Fax: (902) 628-4311
E-mail: hwm@upei.ca
