In one of our new faculty buildings we have angled pillars or girders
which pose quite a hazard for a visually impaired person who uses a cane -
the cane will alert them to the existence of the pillar, but naturally
they'll assume it's a vertical obstacle and risk striking their head on
the higher portion as it slopes across the passageway. (The pillars are
pale grey and do not contrast well with the background). We propose
"filling in" the bottom part to cope with this hazard - has anyone come
across this problem before, and are there any other ways of dealing with
it? (I have already made the point that better consultation with people
with disabilities would probably have prevented it happening in the first
place...)
Thanks,
Jane McLarty
Adviser for students and staff with a disability
University of Cambridge
Tel: 01223 332301
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