the journey for everyone

Yesterday travel point after enjoy delicious curry rice recommended by my Commander In Love. Now it’s my turn to choose a nice Coffee Shop. While we’re walking to find a nice coffee shop there’s a voice calling after my back… “Excuse me, your wheelchair looks very expensive”

“Because accessible facilities is essential for everyone.” Any overseas trip of the Accessibility Is Freedom has one sole aim: to observe and learn the different surrounding environment, and bring it to improve our country. In term of “public space,” which is the main focus of this article, I spent the whole 6 days in Singapore to wander around the city with no less than 10 km/day. My discovery in its accessibility lies in the followings.

Accessibility Is Freedom journey is for leaning. We would like to see the difference, and bring back for the better development of our country. One of the things that we have learnt from Singapore is, (almost) anywhere we go, there will always have an information. And there are common rules that everyone respect. Just like this stickers of common rule on the floor. If there are none of this, people will be people would just walk in and out of the elevator with un-order. But with this, everyone just follow and do it naturally. To grow up the quality of the …

5th April 2016 Accessibility Is Freedom was leaving back to Bangkok. After check in, baggage loaded. We went to the information service to request for the wifi service. I saw the accessible map located close to the service desk, but none on the tourist guide. This will be excellent, if they could provide the accessible information into the same map. Having one map showing all required information, including the accessible information we will have: 1 : Single map, all information. 2 : to reduce the differences, either you are the people with disabilities or not. The service agent asked me to fill in the form on her iPad. And …

[Singapore, 2016] 4 years ago I went surveying (and shopping😜) at Orchard Road in Singapore. This image took place in front of ISETAN department store with a highly interesting design of mall’s entrance. It offered 3 alternatives: escalator, stair, and slope way in 4 locations as marked in A, B, C, and D. There were 4 accessible facilities putting all together in one place! 😍😍 As a man of wonder, I was very curious that which way would people use to walk through the most, so I bought an ice cream from a street vendor and sit watching thing unfolded …

Yes, this is our last trip record from Singapore. On the 1st Friday, it was the longest that we we been walking around (Well, yes I did wheeling lol). The lines you see was our route, it was hue but worst it and fun.

Of course, our first goal we would like to check out is the disabled parking spaces. At Singapore from 6 days of living: + 100% no rail-block (in Thailand cause us can’t use the spaces by ourself) + No Ignored People (Well, would say usually / it is not 100% will tell you later) + And it is 10,400 THB fine. This definitely clearly shows the society quality.

Thailandis a member of The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, or CRPD. All members need to continuously update and report their progresses regarding the subject. I got an opportunity to involve with the meeting and, surprisingly, acknowledged tremendous efforts of many members to improve PWDs’ standard of living in their countries.

Japan, the space is smaller than our country. As the law of demand and supply, when supply is low while demand is high, the land price is typically expensive. This brings about criticism whether majority of people are able to reach and afford to live in a city center with this costly price or not. This unavoidably causes most shops and restaurants in Japan’s big cities has limited space as well as limited accessibility.

Accessibility Is Freedom – Japan Accessibility Score Is High 5 Days living in Japan, I intended to live as the Japanese do, to lean how life was really like there. We didn’t prepare much of a travel plan, only did a draft schedule and locations marked.