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Well, the bloggers over at TVNZ’s Olympic site are kicking up a stink about the disabled bathroom signage through the National Stadium in Beijing. As you can see in the picture on the left, rather than your traditional white-on-blue ‘wheelchair’ sign, the Chinese have adapted it somewhat and made it a funky black-on-red logo, in what I believe is a really fresh spin on a rather tired image!
But no - TVNZ’s Michael Burgess says:
Just what are they trying to say? That these toilets are for aliens in wheelchairs - or that disabled people have to ridiculed by signage?
I think he’s taking political correctness to the extreme, quite frankly. I love the signage - would be a nice break from the old-school imagery we have here in NZ!
What do you think? Sound off in the comments below.
4 responses so far ↓
1 Penny // Aug 17, 2008 at 10:32 am
Hm, I quite like it on first impression–like you say, funky. Sure, nobody has a head shaped like a tv screen c. 1955, but then nobody had a head shaped like a perfect circle either–both are stylized representations.
2 Rachel // Aug 18, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Well its a whole heap better then “Special for Deformed’ LOL
3 Grace Young // Aug 19, 2008 at 5:12 pm
As in the U.S., I’m betting that signage isn’t always reliable as to the actual accessibility. As far as I’m concerned, the signage isn’t what’s important. What I would want to know is if the toilets really are accessible. Has anybody in a wheelchair used them?
4 Red // Aug 19, 2008 at 6:55 pm
They will soon! I have some mates going over for the Paras and I’ll get them to report back…
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