Thursday, September 10, 2009

Camberwell shops not for wheelchairs

The Camberwell Trader's Association's slogan is "we've got it all". However if you are in a wheelchair this is not true as almost 40% of the shops are not wheelchair accessible!

A staggering 145 shops out of a total of 373 businesses in the Camberwell Junction shopping area have steps that prevent wheelchair entry.

This situation is simply not allowed in the USA as legislation prevents this type of discrimination but apparently "it would be too expensive" to do the same here. Therefore, Australian businesses can discriminate to their heart's desire. Surprisingly, having to comply with anti-discrimination legislation in the USA hasn't led to the economic disaster that local legislators claim it would if introduced here.

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