Our family, like most others, enjoys to spend time out of the house on weekends. We like to go to new places, get inspired, have fun and hopefully learn something along the way as well.
Our family consists of my wife and my two children; a daugther aged 5 and a son aged 7. My daughter has a physical disability so when looking for attractions, events, playgrounds, museums or whichever mood we’re in during the weekends I tend to look for info on accessability, It’s rarely a big hit if you drive an hour to a location only to find it’s difficult to traverse or the main attraction is at the top of a long and narrow staircase. Before my daughter was born I gave those things little thought. I knew then that I could carry my infant son (at that time) if there were any obstacles needing overcoming but that most places suited for him would have a baby pram or stroller access anyway. As my daugther came to the world with a disability we had to adapt our plans to fit the needs for our weekend activities when she grew too old for the pram/stroller age.
Thus started my selection for activities where we could all go together that would still be fun for all of us.
Thankfully Denmark is already pretty advanced when it comes to accessability features such as ramps etc so we haven’t had any major problems outside of larger theme parks but whenever I go to a new place that I find especially suited I always include that part in my review. After becoming a parent to a child with a disability you open up your eyes to the obstacles and problems that arise with that and also start noticing the amount of disabled children and adults that actually are around you. That prompted me to think there must be many like me trying to look for good alternatives to visit so I decided to have that focus when reviewing.
I’m also happy to see a focus on accessability when looking at the questions that typically pop up after a visit. I’ve responded to hundreds of these and understand the importance of this information to a lot of people.
As a final thought I’d like for other local guides to reflect on this as well when reviewing or answering questions. Try to imagine getting around the establishment in a wheelchair or using other assistances and put yourself in their shoes. If things are out of the ordinary either good or bad please add this part to your review as well. You can either save someone a long drive or make them very happy to experience a new place where everyone can have fun.