labor (emotional, physical, mental) is often involved for disabled people who are trying to gain access to things that should not have to be
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so hard-fought for. Essentially, the organizer made the case that because the event was entirely nonprofit, there were necessary
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restrictions to the access that could be made available. They also mentioned that there were 5000 people at the festival, & that they had
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specifically left the Angels Davis event (the biggest deal at the festival) to come attend to this situation. They said that this was a good
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learning opportunity, and that a committee should be formed in order to figure out accessibility issues for the following year's festival.
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In terms of the lack of interpreters at the festival, they said that there were supposed to be three volunteers, and that two of them had
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to be located. They requested that one of us panelists be the point person for that issue. In the meantime, the d/Deaf person who had
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communicated their needs left—and I'm guessing they left the entire festival.
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What was made so obvious in that long interaction was the labor involved when disabled people need to advocate for themselves, & the labor
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asked of them. I almost started crying at one point out of frustration and sadness.
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oh my god I'm so sorry. this sounds like a horror show.
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