[From nobody Fri Mar 21 12:02:13 2008 X-Account-Key: account2 X-Mozilla-Keys: Received: from imta12.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.30]) by sccrmxc18.comcast.net (sccrmxc18) with ESMTP id <20080321144527s18009uv8ce>; Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:45:27 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [76.96.62.30] Received: from samwise.efn.org ([12.33.21.33]) by IMTA12.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 3qlS1Z00h0ipbnQ0C00000; Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:45:27 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=PF83upW9NBkA:15 a=IXTjDxiUm6qv5CW3OCf4RQ==:17 a=5yudEkm1nH2tuf-JUtcA:9 a=OuI5e20a2naO_O8fDFYA:7 a=DLzxYwpbK_b_ZFLHOhKw2gNPoGwA:4 a=50e4U0PicR4A:10 a=MS_mIzsnkR2gR_tbKmAA:9 a=E-Z-3GBXKOzwnZ5nFEkA:7 a=5qzb9MUfhOGf4ivnQOdJV7upYLMA:4 a=RIEiF9ZthigA:10 a=rC2wZJ5BpNYA:10 a=si9q_4b84H0A:10 a=EfJqPEOeqlMA:10 a=U8Ie8EnqySEA:10 a=v6MMM96S_sUA:10 a=Y2SjC5fNJsoA:10 a=AfD3MYMu9mQA:10 Received: from truth (node34.240.100.208.1dial.com [208.100.240.34]) by samwise.efn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB97A170099 for <cindypitcairn@comcast.net>; Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:45:23 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <007f01c88b62$32f3e640$22f064d0@truth> From: "Linda Anson" <lda@efn.org> To: "Cindy Pitcairn" <cindypitcairn@comcast.net> Subject: accessibility e-mails 1 of 5 Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:45:23 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_007C_01C88B27.85096530" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 080321-0, 03/21/2008), Inbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_007C_01C88B27.85096530 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, Cindy. As I am cleaning up my e-mail files this morning, I came = across the following set of five e-mails that I hope will be useful to = the Accessibility Committee. I am forwarding them to you with the = request that you get them to the other AC members. Thanks. Linda ----- 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 ------=_NextPart_000_007C_01C88B27.85096530 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns:o =3D "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.6000.16608" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000080>Hi, Cindy.&nbsp; As I am cleaning up my = e-mail files=20 this morning, I came across the following set of five e-mails that I = hope will=20 be useful to the Accessibility Committee.&nbsp; I am forwarding them to = you with=20 the request that you get them to the other AC members.&nbsp;=20 Thanks.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000080></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000080>Linda</FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----=20 <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A=20 title=3Dlda@efn.org href=3D"mailto:lda@efn.org">Linda Anson</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=3Dadelkashawn@yahoo.com=20 href=3D"mailto:adelkashawn@yahoo.com">Alicia Hays and Adelka Shawn</A> ; = <A=20 title=3Dlucindap@comcast.net href=3D"mailto:lucindap@comcast.net">Cindy = Pitcairn</A>=20 ; <A title=3Dchohenemser@clarku.edu = href=3D"mailto:chohenemser@clarku.edu">Chris=20 Hohenemser</A> ; <A title=3Dahohen@comcast.net=20 href=3D"mailto:ahohen@comcast.net">Ann Hohenemser</A> ; <A=20 title=3Dmartinlewis@hotmail.com = href=3D"mailto:martinlewis@hotmail.com">Martin Lewis=20 (for Anne Marie Hayes)</A> ; <A title=3Develynm@efn.org=20 href=3D"mailto:evelynm@efn.org">Evelyn McConnaughey</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=3Dccspider1@aol.com=20 href=3D"mailto:ccspider1@aol.com">Carolyn Colbert</A> ; <A = title=3Djwagner@efn.org=20 href=3D"mailto:jwagner@efn.org">John Wagner</A> ; <A = title=3Do2turner@earthlink.net=20 href=3D"mailto:o2turner@earthlink.net">Olga Turner</A> ; <A=20 title=3Dcandeecole@uueugene.org = href=3D"mailto:candeecole@uueugene.org">Candee=20 Cole</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, May 23, 2004 4:02 PM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> Your advice and comments are invited</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000080 size=3D2> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3D3><FONT = color=3D#000000>Thanks to=20 feedback this morning from Alicia Hays and Adelka Shawn, I realize some = changes=20 we can make at future events so that wheelchair users are afforded the = same=20 sense of inclusion that non-wheelchair users are afforded.<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>As one of the planners of this = morning=92s=20 Celebration Sunday service, I hoped everyone would have feelings of = belonging=20 and celebration, and apologize that the entry and seating options given=20 wheelchair users at The Shedd contributed, instead, to feelings of = exclusion and=20 anger.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3D3><FONT=20 color=3D#000000>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3D3><FONT = color=3D#000000>I asked=20 Alicia and Adelka how we could better address access and seating in the = future,=20 and intend to pass on their suggestions to staff at The Shedd.<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>(We accepted The Shedd's = access and=20 seating parameters without question, and would like to share with them = what we=20 have learned in addition to doing a better job, ourselves, at all church = events.)<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>I invite and = welcome your=20 suggestions, too.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3D3><FONT=20 color=3D#000000>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3D3><FONT = color=3D#000000>One=20 improvement would have been removing the first two or three pews in the = center=20 section of the Concert Hall (in addition to on the sides),<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>and furnishing moveable chairs = next to=20 open spaces so that wheelchair users and their family and friends could = sit=20 together.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>(I thank Ann = Hohenemser=20 for her example of moving a chair into the front row of a side section = so as to=20 seat herself with Chris Hohenemser this=20 morning.)<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3D3><FONT=20 color=3D#000000>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3D3><FONT = color=3D#000000>Another=20 suggestion was that <U>everyone</U> use the accessible entrance, rather = than=20 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=20 participants. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3D3><FONT=20 color=3D#000000>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3D3><FONT = color=3D#000000>Until it=20 was pointed out to me, I had not realized the lack of appeal of = front-row=20 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.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>Neither had I = realized the=20 rationale of setting up traffic patterns so that everyone takes the = accessible=20 route instead of wheelchair users making the adaptation of taking a = different=20 route than non-wheelchair users.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3D3><FONT=20 color=3D#000000>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3D3><FONT = color=3D#000000>I=20 apologize that my lack of foresight and insight, as well as ignorance, = resulted=20 in<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>anyone=92s experience = of this=20 morning=92s service being less celebrative than it could have been.<SPAN = style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>I thank Alicia and Adelka very = much for=20 the perspective and suggestions they went to the trouble to give=20 me.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3D3><FONT=20 color=3D#000000>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT size=3D3><FONT = color=3D#000000>I will=20 pass their suggestions on to The Shedd staff tomorrow, and ask others of = you for=20 your suggestions for The Shedd (we may be back there again).<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>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 of=20 non-wheelchair users, we=92ll all be the better for it.<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>Thank you,=20 all.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT = face=3DPapyrus><FONT=20 face=3D"Comic Sans MS" color=3D#000000 size=3D3></FONT></FONT>&nbsp;</P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT = face=3DPapyrus><FONT=20 face=3D"Comic Sans MS" color=3D#000000 size=3D3>- = Linda</FONT></FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3DPapyrus = color=3D#000000=20 size=3D3><o:p></o:p></FONT>&nbsp;</P></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_007C_01C88B27.85096530-- ]