New idea for "disabled" logo...

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www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-ouch-24149316

Its a no from me - I think it wont help with the 'could join the paralympics' idiots and is even less inclusive than the original logo as the person is clearly fit and self propelling. What do you reckon?

I don't know why anyone would want to change it, so will watch the thread incase i learn something new.

Surely the sign is to indicate facilities etc. that can be accessed by wheelchair users and the disabled? To me it's easily recognisable and isn't discriminative- it shows what it needs to. As you say, the new icon seems to show a more able bodied wheelchair user, which doesn't include those who cannot self propel.

it's a no from me too, i think the existing logo is inclusive and fits it's purpose.

I have a wheelchair & I prefer the old logo: I'm not a Paralympic athlete

I don't know what the answer is. Sadly there are a lot of people who are challenged when it comes to understanding disabilities and think only those in wheel chairs full time are disabled.

Yes, I agree Santa. There is the sign for partial sight & hearing disability, but generally disability is still linked to a wheelchair.

Whilst the idea is not completely repellent - I don't think changing the logo is going to change people's perceptions and attitudes, but as long as we have a government that vilifies and portrays the disabled and chronically ill as being a drain on society, nothing will change.

Perhaps a big issue is that there are plenty of disabled people who are not in a wheelchair.

Rather than worrying about logos we should worry about attitudes which label people on what they can't do rather than what they can.

That news story is from September 2013, so it's not new. I guess it would have been more widely known about in the intervening 12 months if it was going to catch on.