“We wanted to risk the impossible, but nothing is accessible”. The banner is unfurled in front of the fifty wheelchairs lined up on the Place de Catalunya, in the heart of Perpignan. Fifty empty and static chairs to denounce the immobility of public authorities towards people with disabilities, according to the APF France Handicap association.
“What good are the laws if they are not enforced? asks the Pyrénées-Orientales branch of the association. “Eighteen years after the law for equal rights and opportunities for people with disabilities, France is still not accessible to people with disabilities. This is why we have mobilized [le 26 avril], the 90th anniversary of the association APF France handicap as well as the week of mobilization for accessibility. »
“Disability, first ground of discrimination”
“Despite ninety years of struggle, disability remains the main reason for discrimination in France, according to the defender of rights”, underline the organizers of this demonstration in Perpignan. The association regularly highlights public places that are still inaccessible to people with disabilities. “We carry the voice of those who cannot move. »