September 8, 2005, 1:18pm

Faculties and graduate students outside the Psychology Building, UF. By Jim Yousse.

I mean to write about the wheelchair inaccessibility of my office for days but I just keep forgetting. So, let me just grab several minutes to write before I get drown in the pile of required readings for the discussion at 4pm.

Well, yes, there's the wheelchair access in the building and I take the elevator every time because my office is on the 5/F. Well, five steps would be fine. But it's 5/F! So, the knee pain might trigger a suicidal thought when I tried to reach the 5/F by the stairs yet I might feel devastated only on the 2/F.

There're four or five steps to climb up to reach my office door when I walk pass the reception desk. Yes, it's just a few steps up and I can manage that. But hey, why are the steps there in the first place? Decoration? Interior design? Did anyone take into account of a wheelchair or a pair of impaired knees?

I mean, I can accommodate the steps but not everybody with a mobility problem can. I just want an answer. Why are they there!