Adventures in Event Venue Accessibility

Issue #35 of “What’s Her Problem?”: Attending events can become complicated with chronic illness and/or disability.

Note: It’s important to acknowledge that accessibility and accommodations aren’t one-size-fits-all. My experience doesn’t reflect access to ASL interpretation, Audio Description, closed captioning, sensory accommodations, or types of mobility challenges that are different from my own.

I love going to live events. Theatre, concerts, sports, I enjoy them all. But what used to be part of my professional day-to-day or a fun outing has become much more challenging with chronic illness and disability. Although I try to take the approach that it’s better to go and be a little complicated than not to go at all, the truth is that I do go to events less now than I used to.

Having recently attended my two favorite events of the year, I wanted to document some of my adventures in event venue accessibility challenges here. Let’s walk through my preparation process and experience of going to an event now, in its infinitely more complicated form than what I had to think about before I got sick.........

This week’s questions:

Tell me about your experiences with venue accessibility. Any notable things, good or bad, that an event venue has done to accommodate you, or not?

Related Posts:

https://whatsherproblem.substack.com/p/whats-her-problem?r=heamx

https://whatsherproblem.substack.com/p/interview-series-sarah-hom-accessibility?r=heamx

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