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But the most important problem with the International Symbol of Access is this: it is exclusionary. The symbol is all about the wheelchair -- even though the majority of disabilities are not mobility-related.
Here in Ontario, less than three per cent of the 1.8-million people with disabilities actually use wheelchairs or other mobility devices! The same small percentage applies throughout most other jurisdictions. In other words, over 97 per cent of Ontarians with a declared disability are not taken into account by any of these symbols, all of which reinforce the idea that accessibility is primarily about accommodating wheelchairs.
I guess just using the person-standing icon is fine, for consistency we would need to create every icon with a circle/square/normal-off/circle-off/square-off variant 😨 .
Icon Request
https://www.huffpost.com/archive/ca/entry/reimagining-accessibility-and-the-wheelchair-symbol_b_3997930
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