Easy reading and free accompanying, including claims for persons with disabilities in entertainment activities
Access to distances Entertaining people with mental or physical disabilities It is still a road full of barriers. From physicists, such as the lack of access or accessible bathrooms for the people who need Moving chairsTo cognitive, such as the difficulty of finding and understanding cultural programming, through this economy, such as the cost of a double entry in the case of those who need accompanying.
Although in recent decades it has been raised towards further listing in recreational spaces, there are still claims that are still without fulfilling them. In this sense of The entire inclusion of Madrid Two emerged, to adapt information with a A simple reading So people with Mental disability They easily understand how to reach leisure times and what consists of the activity in question and journalists can reach the spaces for free.
This is detailed by Pilar Blanco, coordinator of the entire inclusion culture region, which is an entity that brings together various organizations of persons with mental disabilities or the development of the region. “the It is easy to read adaptation Among the texts that are part of cultural participation, from the first to know how to access information, to another to be able to conduct an evaluation. In addition, there is a historical claim to free access to the accompanying persons. “
Although Madrid from the full inclusion highlights the above claims, this is not the only one. In the material barriers, Blanco indicates the difficulty of people who go on a wheelchair to get some Sufficient bathrooms Or be able to enjoy their friends with a concert in the area designated for persons with disabilities or Decrease.
“Often they have difficulty participating in comprehensive activities, because they say they have Disabilitydirectly It is separated from a special group. This means that there are no distances in which they can share their cultural spare time with the rest of the people. “The coordinator of the culture region expands.
Paula Martin found himself several times throughout his life with a situation like this. He is 35 years old and born in Madrid, Martín becomes an intellectual disability and reduce mobility and is formed in the arts of performance. While he is listened, one of the moments when lack of understanding is when you reach the area designated for people with low movement in a concert. “You should choose one person as a companionBut I would like to enjoy these events with a group of my friends or my parents without having to choose only one of them, “he says.
Ramona Poloba, 33, and Leganez, also points to similar barriers. In its case, it should be a bauluba with some recreational activities because it suffers from a disability of 65 % and has attacks EpilepsySo he claims to reach these people. In addition, it is also mentioned that some spaces do not provide clear information for people with disabilities, a problem in reaching them.
The program “near and easy”
Specifically, to the opposite of these positions, Martin, Pauluba and eight other people with mental disabilities were working with the entire inclusion of Madrid for several months in The program “near and easy”Through it, the texts adapt to the different cultural spaces in the region in order to read easy to understand.
The goal is Create “friendly entertainment spaces“On the cognitive and physical level, so that persons with disabilities can enjoy it, according to the coordinator of the entire inclusion culture region Madrid.
Consequently, they first clarify a questionnaire sent later to the cultural spaces of their neighborhoods to see what they are Comprehensive aspects of improvement. Once the shortcomings that may be, the group that restores Paula and Martin rewrited and returned texts and instructions for spaces so that all people can understand them. Finally, they create a guide to recommending sites that are adapted to the needs of persons with disabilities.
The group visited associations, cultural centers and libraries, among other areas, in Madrid, Kosllada, Leganez, Mustols and Arrowolinos.
In addition to this activity, both Paula and Martin attend the centers some of them Entertainment activities He prefers. In the case of Pauluba, he has an interest in artistic practice and says that, two years ago, he created some drawings to take it in the shirts that were exposed even in the thyssen museum taught by Thyssen, in Madrid. For his part, Martin affects his interest in music and details that he loves to go to concerts and walking.
In short, Blanco highlights the need to create “Friendly spaces“, since then “There are a lot of people who have disabilities that they do not welcome.”
