{"id":635,"date":"2023-06-08T14:19:07","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T19:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stephenfrancoeur.com\/beatingthebounds\/?p=635"},"modified":"2023-06-08T14:19:07","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T19:19:07","slug":"floor-plan-maps-and-accessibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stephenfrancoeur.com\/beatingthebounds\/2023\/06\/08\/floor-plan-maps-and-accessibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Floor Plan Maps and Accessibility"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Thanks to Nicollette Davis for her post on the WOC + Lib blog this week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wocandlib.org\/features\/2023\/6\/07\/this-conference-could-have-been-an-email\">&#8220;This Conference Could Have Been an Email: Counterstories, Accessibility, and Accomplices.&#8221;<\/a> Reflecting on a return to conferences, Davis recounts a story from high school about the problems her mother faced finding an accessible entrance to an event in a high school theater. She then puts a fine point on the value of information that folks with disabilities need to plan their visits, including conferences:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>When you register for the conference, you\u2019re asked if you need accommodations such as a mobility scooter or a quiet space. However, there\u2019s a lack of maps and information about travel, parking, distance, braille signage, etc. These are things that disabled folks have to consider well ahead of time. I heard from some attendees how uncomfortable they felt after having to navigate a new space with little insight.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Thinking today about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stephenfrancoeur.com\/beatingthebounds\/2023\/06\/06\/how-much-do-we-want-to-pay-for-a-floor-map-service\/\">my blog post two days ago<\/a> where I mused about the value of mapping services in libraries, I realize the value of these maps is greater than I had previously imagined.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to Nicollette Davis for her post on the WOC + Lib blog this week, &#8220;This Conference Could Have Been an Email: Counterstories, Accessibility, and Accomplices.&#8221; Reflecting on a return to conferences, Davis recounts a story from high school about &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stephenfrancoeur.com\/beatingthebounds\/2023\/06\/08\/floor-plan-maps-and-accessibility\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephenfrancoeur.com\/beatingthebounds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephenfrancoeur.com\/beatingthebounds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephenfrancoeur.com\/beatingthebounds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephenfrancoeur.com\/beatingthebounds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephenfrancoeur.com\/beatingthebounds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=635"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephenfrancoeur.com\/beatingthebounds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":636,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephenfrancoeur.com\/beatingthebounds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635\/revisions\/636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephenfrancoeur.com\/beatingthebounds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephenfrancoeur.com\/beatingthebounds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephenfrancoeur.com\/beatingthebounds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}