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Wheelchair Access in SLC Housing?

Aug 03, 2010 21:55

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anonymous August 4 2010, 02:48:16 UTC

All of the New Dorms are accessible by wheelchair, including Taylor and Garrison. The elevator is on the Rothschild side, but the hallways all lead to the other dorms there. Hill House is the only other possibility I could think of. Maybe one of the Mead Way houses? Perkins? Not Morris, Schmidt, or Warren. But they'd never put a first year in a wheelchair there, since they wouldn't be able to get to the second floor and the hallways/bathrooms aren't the right width.

pamsfriends August 4 2010, 02:58:21 UTC

Good to know. I may put him in the New Dorms. However, I've had friends who lived there and the rooms are *tiny*. The character himself is not a big person, probably under 5'8" if he could stand, so he doesn't take up much space, but...could he feasibly move around in the chair in there without getting smacked in the face with furniture?

Westlands would be so PERFECT for the character if it were accessible, but it is the LEAST accessible dorm on campus (I lived there, I know...)

zen_fountain August 5 2010, 02:28:53 UTC

They've been working to make the New Dorms triples into Doubles, making them a LOT roomier. Could work with that, maybe?

anonymous August 5 2010, 02:34:53 UTC

In special cases, they'll give first years singles/doubles in the New Dorms, so space wouldn't be too big of an issue.