Portugal inaccessible. Disabled people do not enter shops and restaurants
I may not change all mindsets, but being able to change one or two already has an effect”.
While, while, while he doesn’t pass a Lisbon downtown, Nuno found himself in a situation of impotence: he hasn’t recently entered any store. Just like his followers in vista in vista, they alerted the story with their followers in view of the difficulties of a fleet of vehicles with a network of vehicles.
In a conversation with DN, Nuno Mata explains that “Lisbon is not a very accessible city. You can only use a wheelchair on the street in the flatter parts”. However, “the biggest problem is access to establishments such as shops, restaurants and cafes … most of them do not comply with accessibility laws”, he reveals.
However, this is not a specific adversity for the city of Lisbon, but “a transversal problem in our country”, he points out.
Nuno warns that “we are all potential potentials and we can have an accident that changes our lives”. Thus, it is necessary that society has more awareness and empathy for people with motor difficulties. “In addition, we are a country with a very aging population, where it is difficult to access certain places”, he says.
Solving these problems is urgent and, according to Nuno Mata, to create solutions “you have to start at the base”. “Architecture and engineering schools have to wake up to this problem,” he admits. “New establishments open weekly in Lisbon… many works are still without accessibility conditions. Both in Terreiro do Paço and in Baixa-Chiado, works are continually being carried out and the stores remain the same”, he emphasizes.
Thus, considering that “Municipal Councils should provide tax incentives for establishments to adapt”. The caretakers who stray real as they are and realize what they really are earthly and don’t come to people who are able to travel like people. details make a big difference”.
People’s difficulties will become as simple as a store or restaurant. “In 70% of cases, a simple ramp solved the problem. For most people, five centimeters is nothing, but for someone it can be an obstacle or a wall”, he emphasizes.
Through the Nuno Mata Association, it intends to alert to everyday situations in which the (many) problems of people with motor difficulties are evident. And more recently, social networks have been the subject of conversation, with their testimonies that have surprised the most distracted.
Another association, Salvador, has the mission of helping people with mobile mobility. Among the daily requests for help, Joana Gorgueira, project manager in the area of accessibility of the association, says that “today there is still no completely accessible street in Portugal”.
“It is impossible to go to the street without encountering an obstacle.
Taking into account the difficulties felt in the city of Lisbon, Joana believes that “being the capital, it should set an example in this type of situation”. Therefore, there is a good accessibility plan with specific areas of execution. In both public spaces and private establishments, change is essential.”
More important than that, “we have to think about a change in the mentality of society in general. ?”.
Joana and Nuno also stand out as people felt by people of public accessibility and prepared for Portuguese construction and alert. “It seems like a strange person this way, but it still happens discriminated”, recognizes Joana.
Although they have been made in recent years and have improved accessibility, all certain routes are made for two things: “agree that there are two things for people with mobility to do”.