In a sit-down interview with Cal State Los Angeles student, Fatima Albarado, she discussed some challenges she faces on the university’s campus as a student with disabilities. One of the issues was the reoccurring problem of the accessibility door buttons not operating properly. In her case, as well as many others, opening doors manually can be a very difficult task. The University Times conducted a campus wide investigation to determine how many of these accessibility door buttons were not working.
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Testing Campus Accessibility Doors
August 1, 2019
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Mike • Aug 7, 2019 at 7:10 am
What we need are signs for the idiots who damage the buttons. I agree, these should be fixed ASAP, and students should not have to wait so long for it to be repaired. But there should be signs for those students who slap the buttons… or worse… the ones who actually kick the buttons… to make the doors open. A sign might reduced one button from being damaged, but at least we would be one button less from having issues. Or maybe tell students this type of info during the new student orientations.
Graciela Castro • Aug 5, 2019 at 3:48 pm
This problem needs to be fix as soon as possible. It is very difficult to move around the school when you have a disability, and on top having to encounter issues like doors not working or elevators that are not functioning it makes it overwhelming. Students with disabilities need to be given the tools to succeed and issues like this prevents them to get equal learning opportunities. Please this needs priority!