Drew Hamilton <awh@awh.org> wrote:

> >Same for the much of the rest of the city or society. It's as if people with
> >physical disabilities including many elderly, are simply meant to stay at
> >home if they can't manage alone.
> 
> I've always wondered why Japan seemed to be so advanced in terms
> of providing assistance to blind people by means of a lot of
> braille in public places, textured floors in the train stations,
> etc., but so far behind in providing for people with other
> disabilities.  Anyone ever come up with a reasonable explanation?

It's relatively simple and cheap to provide braille and textured tiles,
in comparison to elevators and completely level floor surfaces?

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