Peoplewholivewithdisabilitiesarealwaysconsideredshameful,foritwasdifficultforthemtomanagetodothedailyaffairsthatwetakeforgranted.Infact,theyhavenodifferencesfromusexpecttheirdisabilitieswhichareformedbecauseofinborndeficiencyorunfortunateaccidents.Luckily,nowwefindthatthereismuchwecandotohelpthem,suchasimprovingthelivingconditionsofthem.
ButonedaywhenIgottoahigh-gradehotel,Irealizedthattherewasstillmuchleftforustodotoprovidetheequalaccesstothedisabled.AssoonasIgotthroughthedoorofthehotel,Ifounditalmostimpossibleforthelameortheblindtoenter.Theglassdoorwouldkeeprevolvingunlesssomeonestoppedit.Peopleinwheelchairswerehardlyabletostopthedooranditseemedthatthewidthofthedoorwasnotaswideasthatofthewheelchair.Ontheotherhand,therevolvingdoorwaslikelytohitthearmsorheadsoftheblindwhentheytriedtogetthrough.Theservicecounterwastoohighforthepeopleinwheelchairstoreach.Iftheywantedtoseekcounselofcheckinginorgetpublicitymaterials,theycouldhardlybeservedasnormalpeople.Thecounteraswellasthephoneswasinsohighapositionthatitcouldn’tbereachedbypeopleinwheelchairs.Exceptthese,thestairswereoneoftheinconvenientfacilitiesforthedisabled.Therewerenoelevatorsorevenplainpassagesforthelame,sothattheywereunabletogettoanotherfloorunlessothersofferedhelp.
Everymemberofsocietyhastherighttoareasonablequalityoflife,includingthedisabled.Associetydevelops,wehavetheresponsibilitytoofferequalaccess.Onlyinthiswayarethedisabledabletoliveproductiveandmeaningfullivesaswedo.