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From: &quot;Linda Anson&quot; &lt;lda@efn.org&gt;
To: &quot;Cindy Pitcairn&quot; &lt;cindypitcairn@comcast.net&gt;
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----- Original Message -----=20
From: Cindy Pitcairn=20
To: Linda Anson ; Alicia Hays and Adelka Shawn ; Chris Hohenemser ; Ann =
Hohenemser ; Martin Lewis (for Anne Marie Hayes) ; Evelyn McConnaughey=20
Cc: Carolyn Colbert ; John Wagner ; Olga Turner ; Candee Cole=20
Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 5:04 PM
Subject: Re: Your advice and comments are invited


Linda, =20

Thanks for your message. I had been to the Shedd before so knew of some =
of the access problems.=20

I find being in the front difficult, because I have fairly severe =
osteoarthritis in my neck area and it is uncomfortable to have to keep =
my neck bent upward to see. Thus, for me, removal of a back row or two =
would be preferable. However, I don't much like the idea of a =
&quot;handicapped section&quot;--which adds to the feeling of exclusion from the =
group as a whole and means I can't be with friends.

When I attended a concert at the Shedd, they let me put my wheelchair in =
the outer aisle.  I was told very firmly this morning that I could not =
do that. While I am sure there was a good reason for this (a logistical =
or safety concern, perhaps), no one told me what it was.=20

As to the separate entryway, the &quot;abled&quot; friends I came in with walked =
through that entrance with me as a matter of course.  To me having a =
separate accessible entrance in a public building is not unusual and =
doesn't bother me, though one of the reasons I like our own church =
building is that the front entryway is a ramp. =20

There could certainly have been someone posted at the accessible =
entrance to provide name tags, programs, and information about the =
building layout (restrooms, elevator, etc.), and I think this would have =
been very helpful.

One thing that was confusing to me was where and if I could get an =
elevator to take me down for the social hour, so I just skipped it. And, =
in that sense, I did feel excluded.  However, on a crowded Sunday in our =
own church, because of the lack of space I also find it almost =
impossible to get into the social hall without running over people's =
toes or backing into them, . Fortunately most people are very forgiving.

Thank you for your concern, Linda.  For me, no apologies are =
needed--your e-mail makes amends for any oversight. No one fully =
understands the obstacles that people in wheelchairs deal with, except =
those who deal with them. (I've avoided that old chestnut about &quot;walking =
in another's moccasins&quot; as being wildly inappropriate ;-).

Cindy Pitcairn
                                                            ----- =
Original Message -----=20
  From: Linda Anson=20
  To: Alicia Hays and Adelka Shawn ; Cindy Pitcairn ; Chris Hohenemser ; =
Ann Hohenemser ; Martin Lewis (for Anne Marie Hayes) ; Evelyn =
McConnaughey=20
  Cc: Carolyn Colbert ; John Wagner ; Olga Turner ; Candee Cole=20
  Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 4:02 PM
  Subject: Your advice and comments are invited


  Thanks to feedback this morning from Alicia Hays and Adelka Shawn, I =
realize some changes we can make at future events so that wheelchair =
users are afforded the same sense of inclusion that non-wheelchair users =
are afforded.  As one of the planners of this morning's Celebration =
Sunday service, I hoped everyone would have feelings of belonging and =
celebration, and apologize that the entry and seating options given =
wheelchair users at The Shedd contributed, instead, to feelings of =
exclusion and anger.

  =20

  I asked Alicia and Adelka how we could better address access and =
seating in the future, and intend to pass on their suggestions to staff =
at The Shedd.  (We accepted The Shedd's access and seating parameters =
without question, and would like to share with them what we have learned =
in addition to doing a better job, ourselves, at all church events.)  I =
invite and welcome your suggestions, too.

  =20

  One improvement would have been removing the first two or three pews =
in the center section of the Concert Hall (in addition to on the sides), =
 and furnishing moveable chairs next to open spaces so that wheelchair =
users and their family and friends could sit together.  (I thank Ann =
Hohenemser for her example of moving a chair into the front row of a =
side section so as to seat herself with Chris Hohenemser this morning.)

  =20

  Another suggestion was that everyone use the accessible entrance, =
rather than separating those able to use stairs from those not, so that =
name badges, greeters, and access to seating are easily available to =
all, and so that wheelchair users and their friends and family are not =
separated from other participants.=20

  =20

  Until it was pointed out to me, I had not realized the lack of appeal =
of front-row seating for wheelchair users, nor anticipated how =
ridiculously segregating and un-welcoming it is for wheelchair users to =
not sit next to family and friends.  Neither had I realized the =
rationale of setting up traffic patterns so that everyone takes the =
accessible route instead of wheelchair users making the adaptation of =
taking a different route than non-wheelchair users.

  =20

  I apologize that my lack of foresight and insight, as well as =
ignorance, resulted in  anyone's experience of this morning's service =
being less celebrative than it could have been.  I thank Alicia and =
Adelka very much for the perspective and suggestions they went to the =
trouble to give me.

  =20

  I will pass their suggestions on to The Shedd staff tomorrow, and ask =
others of you for your suggestions for The Shedd (we may be back there =
again).  And if we use this opportunity to converse (online, at least) =
how we may discontinue practices at our church building that are =
exclusive AND how we may accommodate the physical and social needs of =
wheelchair users and their families as well as we accommodate those of =
non-wheelchair users, we'll all be the better for it.  Thank you, all.


  - Linda

  =20

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color=3D#000000&gt;Until it=20
  was pointed out to me, I had not realized the lack of appeal of =
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  seating for wheelchair users, nor anticipated how ridiculously =
segregating and=20
  un-welcoming it is for wheelchair users to not sit next to family and=20
  friends.&lt;SPAN style=3D&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;Neither had I =
realized=20
  the rationale of setting up traffic patterns so that everyone takes =
the=20
  accessible route instead of wheelchair users making the adaptation of =
taking a=20
  different route than non-wheelchair =
users.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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  apologize that my lack of foresight and insight, as well as ignorance, =

  resulted in&lt;SPAN style=3D&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;anyone=92s =
experience=20
  of this morning=92s service being less celebrative than it could have =
been.&lt;SPAN=20
  style=3D&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;I thank Alicia and Adelka =
very much=20
  for the perspective and suggestions they went to the trouble to give=20
  me.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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  color=3D#000000&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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color=3D#000000&gt;I will=20
  pass their suggestions on to The Shedd staff tomorrow, and ask others =
of you=20
  for your suggestions for The Shedd (we may be back there again).&lt;SPAN=20
  style=3D&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;And if we use this =
opportunity to=20
  converse (online, at least) how we may discontinue practices at our =
church=20
  building that are exclusive AND how we may accommodate the physical =
and social=20
  needs of wheelchair users and their families as well as we accommodate =
those=20
  of non-wheelchair users, we=92ll all be the better for it.&lt;SPAN=20
  style=3D&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;Thank you,=20
  all.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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