Harald,
The IETF has regular attendees with a variety of handicaps.
For example, in addition to wheelchair access (ramps and elevators),
some of the regular attendees are blind, hypoglycemic, diabetic, or
afflicted with any number of other handicaps.
While most of these don't have any obvious implications on
site selection - largely because most sites are painfully aware of
the requirements and needs of handicapped people, they do need to be
considered. For example, a site which possesses elevated platforms
or walkways with excessively low rails might be considered actively
dangerous for a blind person.
Others may have concerns about availability (and even legality)
of the drugs they need. For instance, there are countries in which
possession of some drugs - even with a prescription - might get you
hanged.
I don't think we need to include this kind of information in
an RFC, but I hope that someone has a checklist to hand-out to any
potential meeting site selectors.
--
Eric
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Earlier, you wrote:
--On 24. oktober 2005 18:27 -0400 Sam Hartman
<hartmans-ietf(_at_)mit(_dot_)edu> wrote:
"JORDI" == JORDI PALET MARTINEZ
<jordi(_dot_)palet(_at_)consulintel(_dot_)es> writes:
JORDI> I think is clear that we should add some text on this, such
JORDI> as: The venue should be well prepared in respect to
JORDI> accessibility conditions for the different able.
Please don't use the term differently abled. If you must use the
term, please define it.
I think if you are going to have accessibility requirements they need
to be clear enough that participants can know what to expect.
Otherwise you're not helping the participants and you're wasting
everyone's time on political correctness.
"Needs to be wheelchair accessible" is reasonably well defined, and not too
much to ask (I think).
I'm not all that clear on what requirements are clear enough to make sense
for other types of disabilities.
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