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Those
with Special Needs
The YMCA
does have handicap accessible rooms available for lodging, and all but one
of the classrooms is handicap accessible.
On the conference registration form I have a box to check: "I’m in a
wheelchair or have other special needs."
Based on
this information, I try and schedule the workshops the conferee is
interested in taking in the main building or in Wind River if that is
where they are lodging. I also try to keep their workshops each morning
and afternoon in the same area. It’s not always possible, and sometimes I
need to ask for second choices.
Both Wind
River and Mt. Ypsilon lodges have handicap accessible rooms.
Mt. Ypsilon is a little closer to the Ruesch Auditorium, our conference
hub where all the panels and general sessions are held and the
appointments take place. This is also where registration takes place and
where you'll find our book tables and free lit. There are four classrooms
in this building - all easily accessible.
There is
only one handicap accessible classroom in Mt. Ypsilon compared to three
accessible classrooms in Wind River. Both lodges are about the distance of
a city block to the Ruesch Auditorium with Mt. Ypsilon a little closer and
more flat.
The
cafeteria is beneath the Ruesch Auditorium.
It can be reached by a sidewalk outdoors for those who can’t do the
stairs. There are no elevators at the YMCA.
Most
every year we’ve had at least one person in a wheelchair and some people
who can’t walk far – especially with the altitude. We are glad to find
someone to drive them when they let us know of their need.
