And itâs always âinclusiveâ queer spaces that claim to be accessible when they arenât. Itâs like they realise that not being accessible to disabled people is bad, but instead of doing the work to be accessible they just look for ways around having to admit that they arenât. Theyâre just prioritising their ability to think of themselves as âradicalâ or âinclusiveâ over actually including wheelchair users.
Itâs almost always queer spaces that take âambulatory wheelchair users exist!â to mean that a venue with a step (or even multiple steps) is wheelchair accessible because the wheelchair user can just get up while someone lifts their (small, manual) wheelchair up the step.
Or, even worse (like the âinclusiveâ salon my friend wanted to go to) they call a space with absolutely no wheelchair access âaccessibleâ because they have fidget toys.
And every time itâs a kick in the teeth
