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To: CEO of UK Supermarkets and Retail Shops
Uphold Disabled Rights of 'Reasonable Adjustments' during COVID-19
I CALL ON EVERY SUPERMARKET AND RETAIL STORE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM TO BECOME ACCESSIBLE TO ALL DISABLED AND VULNERABLE PEOPLE BY:
1) Honouring the right to 'Reasonable Adjustments' in coherence with the 'Equality Act 2010' by allowing 'Priority' to those who present with a physical or invisible disability and provide 'Government Proof'
2) Providing 'Clear Signage' for those with Learning Disabilities and Visual Impairments which explain 'clearly' what steps they should take during their visit to a store.
3) Apologising to Disabled People who have been affected by your failure to consider their needs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Why is this important?
Many vulnerable and disabled people are currently unable to access essential services such as 'Supermarkets, Health Facilities, Essential Retail Shops, Take Away Restaurants and Banks' without enduring 'temporary measures' which are potentially extremely detrimental to their physical health and mental wellbeing.
Disabled people are being turned away from stores when they ask for 'Reasonable Adjustments' to be made to accommodate their disability; The Pregnant, Elderly and those with anxiety or sensory conditions are being forced to wait in long queues outside of a store and met by hostile staff who make no effort to ease wait times for this vulnerable group.
Some stores will only make reasonable adjustments during 'unsociable hours' usually before the store opens, which are inconvenient for the majority of disabled or vulnerable people and wholly inappropriate and inaccessible.
Whilst the most vulnerable people of society are doing their best to self-isolate; many vulnerable people are more often unable to get support, stay at home due to mental health, shop online or avoid shopping in person for themselves due to allergies or fear of cross contamination.
Thank you for your signature, it really means the world to us.
* Special thanks to all NHS Staff, Emergency Services and those working to help save lives by shopping for elderly and vulnerable people.
Thank You
