Our big day out
Tuesday the 9th October, my family and I visited the Ushaka marine world, to discover that the rain would never end, soaking wet and demanding for my grandmother. My grandmother has had four knee operations and two hip replacements; therefore she requires a wheel chair to access any public areas, malls or entertainment area.
Through our difficult time in entering the marine world my grandmother was offered a golf cart to transport her to and through the aquarium, I accompanied her on the fast ride through all the shops while the rest of the family straggled along behind us. Grandmother could not go down to the aquarium therefore we had a choice to leave her behind but getting her accompanied by the same golf cart back to a coffee shop. After picking myself and grandmother up the driver complained that the cart was a security vehicle and not a disabled person’s transporter. He was obviously busy because the rain was pouring down and the whole marine world stood empty the whole day. The lack of effort and accessibility provided to disabled persons within the marine world has proved to have been a challenge for not only grandmother but for the whole family.
The hero of the day happened to be a high spirited and content women, working for “Tysons properties” who herself walked a mile or two to gain access to a wheel chair for my grandmother. If it wasn’t for Barbara Magarth my grandmother would have been further mistreated by the security within the marine world and the day would have ended in tears.
Tuesday the 9th October, my family and I visited the Ushaka marine world, to discover that the rain would never end, soaking wet and demanding for my grandmother. My grandmother has had four knee operations and two hip replacements; therefore she requires a wheel chair to access any public areas, malls or entertainment area.
Through our difficult time in entering the marine world my grandmother was offered a golf cart to transport her to and through the aquarium, I accompanied her on the fast ride through all the shops while the rest of the family straggled along behind us. Grandmother could not go down to the aquarium therefore we had a choice to leave her behind but getting her accompanied by the same golf cart back to a coffee shop. After picking myself and grandmother up the driver complained that the cart was a security vehicle and not a disabled person’s transporter. He was obviously busy because the rain was pouring down and the whole marine world stood empty the whole day. The lack of effort and accessibility provided to disabled persons within the marine world has proved to have been a challenge for not only grandmother but for the whole family.
The hero of the day happened to be a high spirited and content women, working for “Tysons properties” who herself walked a mile or two to gain access to a wheel chair for my grandmother. If it wasn’t for Barbara Magarth my grandmother would have been further mistreated by the security within the marine world and the day would have ended in tears.
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