An Evening Walk

Wheelchair users while trying to be independent, sometimes encounter accessibility problems as shown as by the pictures below.

So if there is no better accessibility for us, how can we be independent? We hope something will be done to rectify the situation.

轮椅者尝试独立自行，但却遇到阻碍。请看看以下的照片。如果没有更完善的无障碍设施，怎样让我们独立自行呢？我们恳切地希望一些行动来改善这个情况。

Adakalanya pengguna kerusi roda berhadapan dengan masalah aksessibiliti ketika cuba berdikari. Masalah-masalah tersebut adalah seperti yang ditunjukkan dalam gambar-gambar di bawah.

Bagaimana kami nak berdikari jika tiada kemudahan yang mesra OKU? Kami berharap agar sesuatu boleh dilakukan untuk memperbetulkan keadaan tersebut.

a.    Went for an evening walk outside my apartment towards Jalan Burma, Pulau Tikus to buy something..

b.   I saw an unlevel road infront of me. I turned to the side of the road to avoid it.

c.    What! Another big patch of hole in front of me.

d.   While passing by the road, I saw a dirty and unlevel ground beside an eating stall

e.   After buying something, I decide to go through pathway as to avoid the main road. But I faced some problems

f.   There was an open drainage in front of me. If for a smaller wheelchair user to pass by, he/she may fall down       because their wheels' are small and may go into the hole of the drain

g. Terrible…there are the 'gratings' along the pathway. It should not be placed as parallel to walkway to prevent wheelchair stuck into the gap. The gap also should be small.

h. I faced another hurdle to as there are fallen branches on top of the drain. I had to go by side of the pathway so I could pass by.

i. What! Another hurdle? How do I get down? I thought there was a slope to get down, but it was a steep curb 

j. I saw a shoplot with a ramp, so I passed through 

k.  As I went by, I saw a big table and chair infront of the restaurant. It was so narrow for me to drive through. I nearly hit the glass door. I couldn’t imagine why people can place a table and chair infront of a passage way.  

l.  At last I got through! 

m.  There was a ramp down the road, but there was a small curb. If wheelchair user are not careful, they can fall down