Human Rights at UPEI

Barriers to people with disabilities are civil and human rights abuses

Archive for August 26th, 2008

Removing parking limits accessibility

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

August 25, 2008
Editor:

(This letter was printed essentially the same in the Journal Pioneer, West Prince Graphic and Eastern Graphic)

Arguments have been put forward that the decision to remove accessible parking from the UPEI campus is an improvement in accessibility.

UPEI, disabled parking to be removed in September

UPEI disabled parking spots to be removed in September 2008

Simple logic tells us that reasoning is wrong. Forcing people with a disability to walk further is not better for them: it’s worse.

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