Carson Briere, the wheelchair vandal

[skyking]

Fair points. I'm not saying you've convinced me, but what you're saying is certainly possible. I can only speak from personal experience, and my personal experience these days does not involve a lot of 20-somethings. My wife works in wheelchair services, before that palliative care, plus my experiences with my parents' disabilities, so for me the notion of fucking up someone's wheelchair is just mind-boggling.

I think situations like this ought to draw some harsh judgement from society, people doing shit like this ought to be social lepers for a year or so only, unless they keep up the shitty behaviour.

It is completely mind boggling, and I cannot think of any reason to excuse that. You can't get to 18~20 and not understand the depth of disability, to not at least once think of how that would be, to be in a chair.
He deserves no leniency, being drunk is no excuse.

 

[allisolm]

Maybe Sullivan's could bring their establishment up to the ADA STANDARDS.

It's 2023 ffs.

I read that the age of the building exempts it from ADA compliance.

 

[iRONic]

I read that the age of the building exempts it from ADA compliance.

That happens a lot. All over the country.

 

[Pohemi]

I read that the age of the building exempts it from ADA compliance.

That happens a lot. All over the country.

Grandfathering building codes for accessibility should not be an option for owners, IMHO. They should be required to adapt.