The Problems Disabled People Face with Regard to Access in Milton Keynes

The Problems Disabled People Face with Regard to Access in Milton Keynes

"Cineworld" in the Xscape has much more access for Wheelchair users

than "Easycinema" in center MK

2) Introduction

I am going to compare to building to see if cineworld in the Xscape

has better access for wheelchair users than easycinema in the point. I

will be looking at Cineworld first I will check the upper level and

the lower level to see if the accessible for wheel chair users. I want

to find out if it has change from the past. There are two models of

disability. There is the medical model and the social model. In the

medical model and the social model. In the medical model the person

with a disability is seen as the problem. In this definition of

disability the body is "sick" and needs curing. A successful "cure" or

rehabilitation will make the person "normal". For example, it is seen

as better or more normal for a person to stand and walking, even if

slowly and with difficultly and pain, than to get around more quickly

and comfortably in a wheelchair.

People with disabilities who cannot be made normal are viewed as

tragic; they are pitied and are in need of expert help from kind

individuals and from charities.

In the social model the medical condition of a person is seen to be

only part of the problem. This model emphasizes the fact that society

is organized to only fully meet the needs of non-disabled people.

Disabled people suffer from a badly designed environment, public

transport that they cannot use and information systems, which they

cannot understand. Disabled people have to put up with attitudes that

bar them from many aspects of life. These barriers of attitude and

access stop disabled people from getting a good education and job,

from earning an adequate income and from enjoying a full social life.

3) Method of Research

I am going to Xscape (Cineworld) and the point (Easycinema) in Milton