Sunday, March 14, 2010

Letter to the Sydney Morning Herald following the article: http://www.smh.com.au/national/disabled-apartheid-to-end-20100314-q677.html

The new laws regarding minimum access requirements for new buildings do not go far enough. With pre-existing buildings remaining inaccessible, basic amenities (such as toilets) unusable and transport impossible, how can we expect disabled people to live a full life in our society? The cost of our inaction is far greater to the Australian economy than the cost of removing the barriers for participation of disabled people. Shame on us for allowing such discrimination to persist.

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