Chronic Illness on Sidechat | the office of accessibility at my college is such a fucking joke. i asked them to prop a door open in my dorm building because it keeps causing my shoulder to subluxate. it's been three weeks since then and we've gotten nowhere.

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Chronic Illness 9w

the office of accessibility at my college is such a fucking joke. i asked them to prop a door open in my dorm building because it keeps causing my shoulder to subluxate. it's been three weeks since then and we've gotten nowhere.

Anonymous 9w

since then they've talked to just about every other department here and offered me devices that were built for people with completely different disorders and would not help me at all. now they're asking to speak to my doctor about why i can't just open the fucking door. mind you they have documentation of every single one of my conditions that explain every aspect of them in detail.

Anonymous 9w

All for what could be done in five minutes with a door jam I loveeeee college accessibility offices

Anonymous 9w

I hate heavy doors, partially because my shoulders also try to dislocate. At least with push doors I can use my foot to give an extra nudge. I think there are probably other people on your campus that have the same issue with that exact door. To me this seems like there needs to be some sort of advocating for campus wide accessibility. Like at least one automatic door for each building (which a lot of colleges do).

Anonymous

#2 9w

What I’m trying to say is, the more people you have bugging them, the more likely it is that they will do something about it. It seems like they are trying to find any excuse to not do something so simple (that is literally part of their job (to make campus accessible for everyone)). And some people and organizations won’t do anything unless they are called out publicly.

Anonymous

#2 9w

there are accessible doors at all of the academic buildings, which is great, but there are none in my dorm or probably any of the other dorms and they lady from the office of accessibility has literally told me they'd rather find a stupid handheld device for me (for a completely different disability that i don't have) than install an accessible door. i know it bothers my RA especially because the door is super loud and right next to her dorm so she hears it slam all the time.

Anonymous

OP 9w

That’s so frustrating. Cause like thinking long-term, automatic doors could be cost effective than buying devices for multiple students every year