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Petition: ‘Walk Only’ Signs in Pedestrian Areas Are Insensitive to Disabled People
National Review ^ | May 16, 2015

Posted on 05/16/2015 12:22:00 PM PDT by Steelfish

Petition: ‘Walk Only’ Signs in Pedestrian Areas Are Insensitive to Disabled People by KATHERINE TIMPF May 15, 2015

Arizona State University was trying to protect students from getting hit by cars. Students at Arizona State University are petitioning to have the school change the “Walk Only” signs on the school’s pedestrian paths because they “marginalize disabled bodies that cannot walk.” “This petition is in effort to make a more blanket title for these zones that encompasses the diversity of all bodies who occupy the community that is ASU,” states the petition, written by Alec Melger. (Just to clarify:

Although these areas are called “Walk Only Zones,” they are “not intended to limit or redirect use of mobility devices by individuals with disabilities,” according to the school website. In fact, ASU also offers transportation services for disabled students. The issue here is with the signs and not with accessibility – unless of course there are any students who are so triggered by the word “walk” that they have to avoid the area.)

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: disability
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To: Steelfish

Will “swim at own risk” sign be insensitive to people who cannot swim?


21 posted on 05/16/2015 12:49:06 PM PDT by 353FMG (muzzies are a national security liability.)
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To: rockrr

Liberalism is Satan-driven.


22 posted on 05/16/2015 12:50:29 PM PDT by 353FMG (muzzies are a national security liability.)
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To: Steelfish

GYAATS. That’s WAY better....


23 posted on 05/16/2015 12:50:32 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Steelfish
Every day it seems we get more proof that people have way too much time on their hands.
24 posted on 05/16/2015 12:51:54 PM PDT by Lizavetta
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To: Steelfish

OK,


WALK ONLY
Crawl if you’re
crippled


25 posted on 05/16/2015 12:53:39 PM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: rockrr

What if you want to run? or stroll? or jog? or crawl?

I wonder if ISIS is going to respect all thee rules when they arrive?


26 posted on 05/16/2015 12:53:48 PM PDT by dp0622
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To: Steelfish

Liberals are retards. (Not mentally challenged or anything like that. They are just f’n retarded.)


27 posted on 05/16/2015 12:55:06 PM PDT by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: bgill

SCOTUS’ fault and the Presidents’ who appointed them.


28 posted on 05/16/2015 12:56:07 PM PDT by 353FMG (muzzies are a national security liability.)
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To: Steelfish

I think the whole thing makes me think this is microaggresion


29 posted on 05/16/2015 12:58:50 PM PDT by easternsky
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To: Steelfish

“Students at Arizona State University are petitioning to have the school change the “Walk Only” signs on the school’s pedestrian paths because they “marginalize disabled bodies that cannot walk.”

No, the disabled are not “being marginalized”. They may “feel marginalized” but their feelings are NOT facts. They are not being denied a single thing due to these signs which would be the description of someone “being marginalized”


30 posted on 05/16/2015 1:07:32 PM PDT by Personal Responsibility (Changing the name of a thing doesn't change the thing. A liberal by any other name...)
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To: easternsky

This country is done…it is all downhill from here…the only hope is that people between twenty and forty have a revolution against big government…


31 posted on 05/16/2015 1:07:56 PM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: Steelfish
Whoever is set to review this position needs to right on it "Rejected for being stupid."

Seriously, we should not be granting these nitwits any credibility.

32 posted on 05/16/2015 1:11:05 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp
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To: Steelfish

ALL signs are insensitive to blind people. Remove all signs now!


33 posted on 05/16/2015 1:16:44 PM PDT by ExpatCanuck
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To: knarf

CRAWL/HOBBLE/STAGGER/ZONE


34 posted on 05/16/2015 1:19:24 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am ...)
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To: Hojczyk

Yes I know, but the ones I know does not give me much confidence they will get off their Phones and etc, and make it happen.


35 posted on 05/16/2015 1:23:54 PM PDT by easternsky
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To: Steelfish

“Students at Arizona State University”

Who raised these idiots?


36 posted on 05/16/2015 1:28:16 PM PDT by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - a Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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To: SkyDancer

Walk or Limp Only


37 posted on 05/16/2015 1:32:03 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Doctrine doesn't change. The trick is to find a way around it.)
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To: Steelfish
Head on photo: HEAD ON 1251715658390.jpg
38 posted on 05/16/2015 1:36:20 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: Cicero

Pedestrian means walking. Can’t call it that.


39 posted on 05/16/2015 1:36:40 PM PDT by 5thGenTexan
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To: rockrr
Another supporter, James Qian, explained that he “was on crutches for 5 weeks and felt uncomfortable when seeing this sign.”

these people should consider living in a closet and never coming out - 'cause they will meet 'uncomfortable' every where they go = forever...

I suspicion it's more about needing to be feel relevant on some plane - any plane

40 posted on 05/16/2015 1:54:57 PM PDT by maine-iac7 (Christians are as Christians do. By their fruits...)
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