Reference no: EM133289477 , Length: 5 Pages
Assignment:
For this assignment, you are expected to check out a location that you frequent, and look at its accessibility features or lack thereof. YOU will be looking at initial architectural design, modifications that have been added for access, as well as accessibility features impacted by human intervention.
You must pick a place that you actually go to such as:
? Places of worship
? Public events
? Public buildings
? Local businesses
? Tourist areas
? Public parks and walkway
You may not choose places found online or virtual spaces.
Requested Format
? three to five pages including checklist and photographs
Now respond to the following questions on the topic of accessibility in your chosen location:
1. Describe and identify the public place you are evaluating, why chose this place, and why frequent this location?
2. What features of this location make it accessible? Is the location accessible to some people with disabilities more than other people with disabilities? If so, which group of people is it more accessible to? Explain how you have come to this conclusion.
3. What features of this location make it inaccessible? And to whom? If you had to provide recommendations to the location to improve accessibility what would you recommend? Are the features inherent in the original design? Are societally-imposed barriers that require education to resolve? Are solutions to the inaccessible features of this place easy to fix? What barriers could the business/space face when trying to adapt or accommodate?
4. As you were going through the provided checklist, which accessibility features were new to you? Surprising? What features for accessibility are not on the list provided that you could imagine as a valuable feature for access in this environment or another environment?