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marjaerwinI had to go by the DMV to renew my identification. Because it’s intended for drivers, it doesn’t do accessibility for those of us who can *never* drive. But it’s the only place to provide state identification.
A lot of major and minor problems:
* The entry line was narrow, probably too narrow for most wheelchairs, and it turned around every 2 meters or so, which may be more impractical with wheelchairs and was dizzying walking to the back of the actual line.
* There were flashing painscreens/televisions in this area, and flashing lights on vending machines in this area. At one point these were roughly opposite each other, so looking away from one made it hard to look away from the other.
* way too noisy.
* perfume.
* There were ceiling fans under the lights in the actual waiting area, so if I looked in the wrong direction, everything flashed about 30 hits per second. I had an eye patch, but still fell down at one point, and people with greater sensitivity and/or no eye patch could easily have seizures due to this.
* noise again.
* It was impossible to make anything out, like calls for specific numbers, over the noise. No, removing my ear protection did not help.
* There were painscreens/televisions listing the current numbers, but they were hard to read, they had scrolling pain-text along the bottom, and they periodically flashed.
* The cameras kept flashing in the same room, powerful enough to hurt at the far end of the waiting room.
* The cameras themselves had a green strobe light, and I nearly fell down.
* And of course the flash hurt.
A lot of major and minor problems:
* The entry line was narrow, probably too narrow for most wheelchairs, and it turned around every 2 meters or so, which may be more impractical with wheelchairs and was dizzying walking to the back of the actual line.
* There were flashing painscreens/televisions in this area, and flashing lights on vending machines in this area. At one point these were roughly opposite each other, so looking away from one made it hard to look away from the other.
* way too noisy.
* perfume.
* There were ceiling fans under the lights in the actual waiting area, so if I looked in the wrong direction, everything flashed about 30 hits per second. I had an eye patch, but still fell down at one point, and people with greater sensitivity and/or no eye patch could easily have seizures due to this.
* noise again.
* It was impossible to make anything out, like calls for specific numbers, over the noise. No, removing my ear protection did not help.
* There were painscreens/televisions listing the current numbers, but they were hard to read, they had scrolling pain-text along the bottom, and they periodically flashed.
* The cameras kept flashing in the same room, powerful enough to hurt at the far end of the waiting room.
* The cameras themselves had a green strobe light, and I nearly fell down.
* And of course the flash hurt.
