Access info on Website

Question

So I've opened a ticket but I'd also like to ask the community, I find it very hard to find information about what venues are accessible to me as both a vegan and a wheelchair user. What does the community feel about asking the power that be at HappyCow to edit the website to include an option to provide information about access for venues? Or is this already and option and I just don't know about it/no-one fills it in? Is there work in progress? Is this something you'd benefit from too either as a wheelchair user/knowing a wheelchair user or because you or someone you know has some other access need? If so what other access needs should they be including?

devonwithano · Answer

Hello! There actually is currently a "Wheelchair Accessible" filter feature both in-app and through the desktop browser😄You may likely have difficulty finding options as submissions are provided by HappyCow members who may not include wheelchair accessibility when adding a listing. I hope this helps!

TrudiBruges · Answer

Hi numberland, when adding a restaurant to HC, there's the option to tick the box for being 'wheelchair accessible'. 
So some listings have this in their description, although it's not always reliable (eg sometimes it just means that the restaurant floor is accessible, but there is no accessible restroom). 
And if it doesn't state wheelchair accessible, it doesn't necessarily mean it isn't, just that the info hasn't been added by whoever submitted the entry. 

I would love to see both options 'not accessible' and 'accessible' included when submitting a listing as boxes to tick. I have suggested this in the past to HC, but it wasn't adopted. Some listings include the info 'is not wheelchair accessible' in the description, for example after you have submitted an update about it. 

I try to include information about accessibility in my reviews, as it is also a way of notifying other members and the bussinesses themselves about their (non-)accessibility.

greets 
trudi (occasional wheelchair user)

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