All for the convenience of the handicapped! 100 meter ramp looks tiring, says Thai media

[RobU]

At least there is an accessible toilet but I suppose there's no toilet paper, no soap and no towels as is usual.

[jacko45k]

25 minutes ago, RobU said:

At least there is an accessible toilet but I suppose there's no toilet paper, no soap and no towels as is usual.

Those can be bought at the small shop back on the lower area!

[Destiny1990]

2 hours ago, RJRS1301 said:

Might that be because many disabled locals cannot afford a chair, or are kept at home due to  stigma attached to disabilities?
 

Pavements for wheelchairs not much suitable either.

[HashBrownHarry]

This would be a horrible country to be a wheel chair user, the facilities ( or lack thereof ) are shocking!

 

This would explain why you seldom see handicap people in public here.

 

[it is what it is]

i believe the contemporary terminology is disabled, that aside, what were they thinking? or maybe they weren't.

[Rimmer]

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[Liverpool Lou]

That door with the obscured glass looks like a door to a lobby, a lift lobby, maybe?

[tingtong]

By the time the elderly would reach the toilet, the trip lost its purpose ????

[Damrongsak]

11 minutes ago, tingtong said:

By the time the elderly would reach the toilet, the trip lost its purpose ????

That's why they put the non-slip matting on the ramps, with the grooves to channel away the water.

[kidneyw]

On 11/4/2021 at 7:38 AM, Destiny1990 said:

Pavements for wheelchairs not much suitable either.

Pavements for pedestrians are not even suitable here, never mind a wheelchair.

[RJRS1301]

1 hour ago, kidneyw said:

Pavements for pedestrians are not even suitable here, never mind a wheelchair.

Pavements are frequently the reason some use wheelchairs.

 

[RJRS1301]

7 hours ago, tingtong said:

By the time the elderly would reach the toilet, the trip lost its purpose ????

They call it the bladder trainer ramp

[pseudorabies]

After their long journey to the top of this mountain they will likely find...... A squat toilet.

 

Try to not make a mess

[overherebc]

On 11/3/2021 at 1:27 PM, jacko45k said:

Take a look at the ramp to enter immigration in Jomtien.... so steep it would take a few guys to pull a wheelchair up. 

In the days when you could use poipet border I remember the ramp there looking like 45 degree slope.

[roo860]

On 11/3/2021 at 11:37 AM, LoliLoso said:

They should provide free motorised wheelchairs for the handicapped users. 

That's all you need heading towards you, Thai style driving!????????????

[pseudorabies]

After their long quest to the top of this mountain the disabled will likely find...... A squat toilet.

 

Try to not make a mess

[thaibeachlovers]

On 11/4/2021 at 6:31 AM, Destiny1990 said:

The only person i have seen in a wheelchair in Pattaya was a farang.

Never been to the Father Ray foundation then? Plenty of Thais in wheelchairs there.

[jacko45k]

4 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Never been to the Father Ray foundation then? Plenty of Thais in wheelchairs there.

Spend time in the nearby Mall, Big-CX, particularly on a Sunday. Many from Father Ray's place are in there.  

[Destiny1990]

5 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Never been to the Father Ray foundation then? Plenty of Thais in wheelchairs there.

Am aware of that foundation believe father Ray has passed away a while back but anyway these thais in wheelchairs i cant recall them seeing outside in pattaya much.

[jacko45k]

13 hours ago, Destiny1990 said:

Am aware of that foundation believe father Ray has passed away a while back but anyway these thais in wheelchairs i cant recall them seeing outside in pattaya much.

Frequently seen on Soi Yume heading between the foundation and the Big-CX Mall, I often see them on Sunday morning or about lunchtime, as I head that way to and from the Mall myself. 

 

Sad reality is it is very difficult for them with no or dug up pavements and crowded roads.

Edited November 8, 2021 by jacko45k

[kidneyw]

5 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Frequently seen on Soi Yume heading between the foundation and the Big-CX Mall, I often see them on Sunday morning or about lunchtime, as I head that way to and from the Mall myself. 

 

Sad reality is it is very difficult for them with no or dug up pavements and crowded roads.

Hard enough for pedestrians.

How they manage with wheelchairs I cannot begin to imagine.

[jacko45k]

3 hours ago, kidneyw said:

Hard enough for pedestrians.

How they manage with wheelchairs I cannot begin to imagine.

Isn't it just.... those in wheelchairs are often being helped by lesser disabled youngsters.... a sad sight actually.