Do you have an accessibility advisory committee? If so, you might want to
ask them how many they think is enough.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jay Heuman [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 5:00 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: Discrimination at the Kimball
>
> Hello Roos Weeks et al.,
>
> > Jay ignores altogether that museums must do whatever they can to
> > provide a welcoming experience for those who care enough to visit.
> That
> > means obtaining two or three more wheelchairs (often they will be
> > donated) and finding a place to keep them.
>
> I am ignoring nothing; rather, I sense a large gap between providing a
> "welcoming experience" and providing wheelchairs and strollers.  As I
> wrote in an earlier message, Joslyn Art Museum has two wheelchairs (more
> than needed based on daily average number of visitors) and has plans to
> rent more wheelchairs during major special exhibitions.
>
> But what if three more or six or twelve more wheelchairs are not enough.
> What is enough?
>
> > I have no physical handicap of any kind, but out of habit I simply
> leave a
> > visitor-oriented place that doesn't seem to give a darn in one way or
> > another if I'm served.  I walked out of a store yesterday when a clerk
> > seemed too busy to answer questions about a small appliance, and won't
> > be going back.  Museums must show they "care" and, of course, in the
> > instant case, it's the law anyway.
>
> Did you take the time to investigate what kept that clerk from answering
> your questions about said small appliance?  Would you have cared if the
> clerk had a reason for the delay?  Were you just impatient?
>
> Yours truly,
>
> Jay Heuman
> Visitor & Volunteer Services Coordinator
> Joslyn Art Museum http://www.joslyn.org
> 2200 Dodge Street
> Omaha, NE     68102
> Phone: 402-342-3300, ext. 298
> Fax: 402-342-2376
>
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