the rental listing says wheelchair accessible
...but they mean only inside the leasing office or lobby.
...but they mean only if enough people are around to carry you over a barrier. all the staff and residents are like a family, so you should let them touch you every single time you want to go in or out!
...but you have to call someone to unlock something in the accessible route every single time, and they can take hours to respond, even if you have groceries or need to rush back to take medicine or go to the bathroom.
...but the ramps are too steep for a solo manual wheelchair.
...but the nearby sidewalks do not connect to anything helpful and just suddenly stop. further progress towards a store in a wheelchair would have to be in the street.
...but they mean from the sidewalk to the unit, and not the whole way from the parking lot to the unit.
...but there are no wheelchair accessible parking spots left.
...but the only parking spots with enough room for a wheelchair are always taken by people who "will only be a few minutes, lighten up."
...but they mean after the steps at the entryway. but there are only a few!
...but the one elevator breaks down regularly and takes forever to fix.
...but the one elevator breaks down regularly and is quick to fix but maintenance takes forever to get to it.
...but the power to the elevator regularly goes out for hours to days, so management insists the elevator never breaks down. because technically, nothing broke!
...but they mean after the flight of stairs into the unit.
...but so much shit is kept in the hallways that wheelchairs can rarely pass through, and management refuses to do anything about it.
...but they mean to the unit not once inside the unit, because the inside of the rental itself is too small for a wheelchair to navigate ± has stairs with no ramps or elevators.
...but the counters, sinks, showerheads are all at standard standing heights and the water fixtures are not adjustable enough. making it extremely difficult for someone to even wash their hands from a wheelchair, let alone adjust the shower from a seated position.
...but the vents are shared between units and are full of mold.
...but the wheelchair accessible unit has very little sound isolation and very loud upstairs neighbors who antagonize disabled people on purpose, which was why the last person moved out.
...but none of the available units are wheelchair accessible.
...but wheelchair accessibility is the only type of accessibility they are willing to accommodate.
...but management MUST use fragranced cleaning supplies in every shared area because they need everything to smell. and their need is much more important than how much I do not want to have completely optional and potentially life-threatening allergic reactions.
...but nobody in management or maintenance is willing to wash their hands, take their shoes off, ± wear a mask.
...but management is only looking for residents who have a certain open, community-focused vibe. and by that they mean they hate anyone who wears a mask.
...but management blows up about religion, race, gender, politics, sexuality, and anyone they perceive to be the enemy. and they perceive a lot of people to be the enemy.
...but management treats visibly disabled people like subhuman dogshit, is disproportionately hostile about any of their requests, and thinks they should be eternally grateful for just being allowed to live.
