Do you feel excluded?
The agency Public Inc. gave passersby in Toronto a taste of what it's like to be limited by a disability in everyday life.
The initiative Torontoforall.ca is working to ensure that the Canadian city can also fully participate in everyday life for the approximately 400,000 residents who have to live with a disability. The aim is not only to make transportation and other places barrier-free, but also to raise people's awareness of how to deal with those affected. So that they don't feel handicapped, but rather as human beings. For example, people should always ask if help is needed before lending a hand. Conversation should focus on the person, not the disability. This is part of the privacy and should not simply be addressed without being asked. And so on.
Otherwise, there is a danger that those affected will feel excluded. Public Inc demonstrated that this is not a particularly nice state of affairs, turning all passers-by into outsiders at bus stations. Since the four walls suddenly no longer allowed any access at all. We can only hope that no one had a painful encounter with the misplaced windows.
