Disabled pupil requires higher entry to campus

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Disabled pupil requires higher entry to campus

Student Naomi Stenning says getting round King’s College London in her wheelchair appears like operating a marathon.

For the previous two years, she has been campaigning for higher entry for wheelchair customers, however has been met with challenges as a result of campus’ listed standing.

King’s College London stated it required listed constructing consent to make variations.

“King’s College London is almost 200 years old and given the age of some of our heritage buildings, adjustments are often highly complex. We did require Listed Building Consent to level floors and installed automated doors and we fully appreciate this can be a frustratingly slow process , which has been exacerbated by supply chain issues and Covid”, it stated.

It additionally stated greater than £450,000 of enhancements had been made and that it had labored with Naomi all through her time at King’s to make sure her instructing and studying actions have been in accessible areas.

However, accessibility specialists say there are all the time variations that may be made to historic buildings and with an ageing inhabitants, constructing house owners and designers have to rethink entry for the long run.

Story by Alison Earle and Ian Paice

With inputs from BBC

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