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CharethCutestory
Active Member
You should try and contact the G-Mex. It would be pretty appalling if they didn't cater for the disabled. I'm not sure that they aren't legally obliged to help you out where possible.
S
starry night
Guest
Hey,
I don't know you as much as you don't know me however, this topic is very, very close to my heart and I felt compelled to respond and hopefully help. I'm sort of an advocate in assisting clients whom are MICA (mentally ill chemically addicted) , victims of Domestic Violence (I have personal experiences from my own life) and victims of fires/burn victims.
However, getting back to your topic, I really hope that you can get in contact w/ the GMEX. Either e-mail, phone or go to the box office (or ask a family member/friend to do it for you). Maybe you could go w/ that person to the box office too, so that you could speak to a manager.
If you absolutely can't get any action maybe, you can talk to a representative in your community to assist you. Check out your phone book under social services, human services, community assistance and human resources. Maybe your community has a committee (like a board of directors/social services) or services that could enable you and others.
By you making a connection, this could be an opening for others in your position enabling and helping them.
I sincerely and truly hope you'll receive services and have a blast at the gig!
Good luck and Best Wishes!
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Jose
No way...
I don't know what the situation is in the UK but over here in Holland the bigger venues are obliged to have a platform for wheelchairs - they sell seperate tickets for that. There are always some extra "normal" chairs there as well on the platform. Best to ring gmex I suppose. Good luck!!
lostsoul2
full time moz fan
i have been intouch with the gemex and they were very helpful, i only ask if the gig was standing only, you see i have rheumatoid arthritis in most my bones but i'm still quite young and i dont need a wheel chair yet just pain killers , i would asume it would only count if you were wheel chair bound, but thank you for your concern
Brel
Guttersnipe
I would have thought that under the auspices of the recently ammended Disability Discrimination Act, that the Gmex had a duty to make "reasonable" steps to accommodate the needs of clients with requirements such as yours. The very fact that the Labour Party has only just held it's Annual Conference at the Gmex/MICC, would mean that they would have been DDA compliant.
It would be a shame for you to miss out.
It would be a shame for you to miss out.
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dogscentuion
New Member
I am disabled and cannot stand for any length of time, I have asked the g-mex for a disabled seat which they have provided. Apparently its an area to one side which only the disabled are allowed to use. Hope this helps.
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The Goat
Banned
Every gig I've been to at G-Mex that was standing had a raised level platform for wheelchair users and their guest. They have one at places like the Academy too which is also only standing.
As said above, with discriminatory laws in existence they couldn't put on a gig of this size and not provide suitable access - however, not all disabled people use wheelchairs as stated in this point.
Manchester city council will licence the event - contact their licensing department (entertainment section) and enquire there. The main council number is 0161 234 5000.
Good luck and keep us posted.
The Goat
As said above, with discriminatory laws in existence they couldn't put on a gig of this size and not provide suitable access - however, not all disabled people use wheelchairs as stated in this point.
Manchester city council will licence the event - contact their licensing department (entertainment section) and enquire there. The main council number is 0161 234 5000.
Good luck and keep us posted.
The Goat
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The Goat
Banned
There you go - they cater fully for the blind, deaf and mentally challenged members of our community!
The Goat
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Wild Oscar
Born-again Atheist
Oh how droll... I couldn't let the Labour Party-mentally challenged link go un-noticed.
Keep the red flag flying, I say. Now, where did I put those valium...? Oh, that's right - just next to the diazepam...
Years ago when our MP was elected I went to his victory party (Well, I've moved since then, but it was Terry Rooney) - As I sat there with the cameras flashing I felt soooooo out of place. Vote Green.
Peter
Evil Legal Eagle
Lawyer / Liar
Don't mean to be pedantic, but Valium is diazepam.
lilybett
Pheobe W Caulfield
I have the same thing, aged 21. You're not disabled, just ill. And arthritis is joints, not bones.
Wild Oscar
Born-again Atheist
Going a bit off-topic I guess, but....Terry Rooney's a strange one. I find him a little bit arrogant/aloof in 'large' meetings - with the public, media, council, etc - but when I've had one-to-ones with him I find him quite pleasant + helpful. A bit strange that - other MPs tend to be the other way round, if anything: not having enough time to do 1-2-1s, etc.
Anyway, back to the (albeit secondary) point (apologies if I've hi-jacked this thread everyone): the Labour Party, although now somewhat removed from both its policies and policy-making procedures of, say, 20 yrs ago, remains the only mainstream political party with a serious chance of representing + helping, in a just + equitable way, the majority of working people in this country; and, while it may not be ideal, retains some of its principles + objectives (yes - I'm sure that they are still there somewhere!).
In a rare glimpse of my glass being half-full, rather than half-empty, I suppose I am hopeful of the party, sooner or later, 'reverting' back to some of its past policies that were a bit more supportive towards the working class. (I think I could be opening a can or worms here, so I'll end there.)
Wild Oscar
Born-again Atheist
sorry doc - i didn't know that! is valium the brand name for diazepam the drug then?
Wild Oscar
Born-again Atheist
Re: 'Working class'?
Oh no! I hope that not everyone falls into the Prescott ideology - "we're all middle class now."
Or, to the tune of the 'Red Flag' - "The working class can kiss my ass, I've got the foreman's job at last!"
Tricky subject, class, isn't it? I suppose I must fall into the un-reconstructed dinosaur group of thinking that some of us, despite earning above the national average, or having a Level 5 education (i.e. higher than a first degree), or other such measurements, remain working class and will continue to do so in spite of other improvements or 'progressions'.
I know other threads on the site have led to similar debates ('Left or Right' I think it was, that springs to mind), and i think I'm in a minority (of one?) here.
Oh no! I hope that not everyone falls into the Prescott ideology - "we're all middle class now."
Or, to the tune of the 'Red Flag' - "The working class can kiss my ass, I've got the foreman's job at last!"
Tricky subject, class, isn't it? I suppose I must fall into the un-reconstructed dinosaur group of thinking that some of us, despite earning above the national average, or having a Level 5 education (i.e. higher than a first degree), or other such measurements, remain working class and will continue to do so in spite of other improvements or 'progressions'.
I know other threads on the site have led to similar debates ('Left or Right' I think it was, that springs to mind), and i think I'm in a minority (of one?) here.
CharethCutestory
Active Member
I have the same thing, aged 21. You're not disabled, just ill. And arthritis is joints, not bones.
What a very odd thing to say. How do you know if somebody is disabled or not?
