Disabled people checked cafes and restaurants for accessibility in Nizhny Novgorod
Alexandra Shelomtseva - Correspondent: “A walk through the center of Nizhny Novgorod promises gastro-travel. There are great restaurants here., cafe or such small, but cozy coffee shops. It seems, that you can open a whole kaleidoscope of flavors. But are these facilities accessible to people with disabilities?, for example for those, who is in a wheelchair? Let's check now".
Public organization of the disabled "Invatur" conducts a gastro-experiment on Rozhdestvenskaya. The task is generally simple. – eat at a restaurant. And now to particulars: cafes should have free access to tables and toilets. Checking starts at National Unity Square, looking ahead let's say – this is where it ends. A team of Svetlana Kupolova and Ivan Ilyin is trying to enter the Bezukhov cafe, stairs in front of them, on which the wheelchair can not jump. Minus. Similarly, do not go to the pubs Union Jack and Red Eric. And on the veranda of Spicy Bend the wheelchair does not get, and inside the cafe there were no suitable tables. But you can get to the veranda of Smoke.
The cafe was closed, couldn't check inside. On the veranda of the Qvevri restaurant you can easily accommodate, but inside – stairs and other obstacles. In Coffee Like you can comfortably accommodate. But the restrooms are not available. You can get into Shizagra, like a veranda, as well as inside. But with the toilets again – trouble.
– Can't get in?
– Not, not a schoolboy.
But the most minimalistic veranda of Ryumochnaya on Sofronovskaya deserves more praise..
The easier, the more logical.
Let's go to the other side. The picture is similar. Can't eat for a wheelchair user, eg, in Herring, in Eggplant and Gorky brewery.
Yes, and it’s hard to walk along the street from this side in a wheelchair, sometimes without help – impossible. General about the journey from National Unity Square to Markina Square and back – disappointing verdict.
Ivan Ilyin – head of the training and production laboratory “Invatur”: "From 10 we only saw the verandah 2, where is the ramp. What do others think – don't know. Why? To prevent people with disabilities from going here, maybe".
Svetlana Kupolova – vice chairman of the organization “Invatur”: "Unfortunately, We didn't find any bathrooms available., no one. Ie. if you invite people, it could just be an unfortunate situation., when you kind of fed people, and before that, you need to wash your hands, and unfortunately. And very embarrassing and very uncomfortable, that in our big and beautiful city – well, nowhere, nowhere to go".
It is worth noting, staff in all establishments are friendly, everyone is trying to help. But infrastructure cannot be fixed by friendliness.
Andrey Bulanov – Chairman NROOI "Invatur":
"We would like, for people to understand – everyone needs it. fines – Yes, this is, of course, replenishment of the treasury. But we see, that even after receiving fines or orders they make it worse. This is a misunderstanding of the task by people, essence, it's not some degrees, ramps. This is the life of the people, who are forced to move around in a wheelchair.
Based on the results of this round, proposals will be made to change, which will be handed over to the competent authorities.
A source: NTV
