In a hotel recently, I noticed there were
two peep holes in the door to the room, one regular height and one at the
height of a wheelchair. The bathroom was generous in proportions, plenty of room
to manoeuvre a wheelchair, no lip on the shower floor making access easy, a
sturdy pull down seat in the shower, well designed soap dishes of varying
heights, toilet with handrails and washbasin with no vanity unit, to enable
someone in a wheelchair to use the basin with ease.
The only fault I found with the entire
room and bathroom, was that they hadn’t taken into account someone in a
wheelchair wanting to look in the mirror above the washbasin. The mirror was
positioned far too high making it impossible to see one’s face at all from sitting
in a wheelchair.
I wonder who exactly designs a hotel room
for the disabled? Do they hire someone
who is especially trained and has experience in interior design for the
disabled? Or does the interior designer of the hotel go by the seat of his
pants, and hazard a guess, hoping to think of everything necessary?
I can only imagine it was the result of a design company headed by a man; then, again, they do, for the most part, shave. Interesting! K8
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