Accessibility in urban planning is a vitally important feature of any civilized society – everyone, regardless of their mobility, should be able to access and enjoy public facilities. Crappy-designed accessibility for people in wheelchairs, for example, sends a pretty insulting message: “We added this feature because someone told us we had to, but it’s not important enough that we put any effort into making sure it actually helps.”
Accessibility then becomes purely symbolic, something designed to show that we care, but has no practical purpose. Sadly, disabled people encounter this kind of attitude all too often, and beyond the continuous and ongoing campaigns for wheelchair accessible planning, there is little left to do but laugh at these outrageous design fails collected by Bored Panda.
So scroll down below to see where good intentions can go wrong for yourself, and if you see bad examples of disability-friendly designs in your neighborhood, be sure to report it to your local council or government representative!
#1 To Invite A Disabled Man To Talk About Accessibility..
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#2 If You Aren’t Already In A Wheelchair, You Will Be After This
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#3 Extreme Wheelchairing!
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#4 This Crosswalk For The Handicapped
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#5 Being Handicapped In Cabo San Lucas Is Apparently An Extreme Sport. (Fb Friend’s Vacation Pic)
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#6 Epic Fail When It Comes To Accessibility
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#7 Accessibility Fail
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#8 Accessibility Fail
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#9 Accessibility Fail
#10 How Is This Supposed To Work??
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#11 Because F**k You For Being In A Wheelchair
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#12 The Portuguese Parliament Had To Become Handicap Acessible Due To Having One Deputy On A Wheelchair. This Is The Result
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#13 Hospital Which I Work Has These Wheelchairs For The Patients
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#14 Accessibility Fail
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#15 For Those Who Feel They Aren’t Quite Handicapped Enough…
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#16 This Handicap Ramp
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#17 For Disabled People On Stilts
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#18 Accessibility Fail
#19 Extreme Wheelchairing
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#20 Wheelchair Friendly
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#21 Access For Disabled Wheelchair Users
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#22 Design Fail
#23 “Wheelchair Access” For The Brave
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#24 This Wheelchair Ramp
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#25 Accessibility Fail
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#26 Accessibility Fail
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#27 Hats Off To The Genius Who Installed This Disabled Access Ramp
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#28 It’s Just Up The Stairs
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#29 At Least Wheelchairs Can Reach The First Stair
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#30 Oh Yeah, You Could Get A Wheelchair In There No Problem
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