Dear HREOC personnel,

I do not support the request for exemption under the DDA Transport Standard by the ARA and urge HREOC to reject this request. 

 

I urge HREOC to reject the request bythe ARA for exemption under the DDA Transport Standard

 

ARA are not asking for temporary relief from the Standards so as to improve capability to comply in the future, but is asking to be exempted until it can get the Standard changed. 

 

Any changes that the ARA might be asking for should be addressed thoroughly when the Standards are reviewed in 2007.  Many years were spent in the development of these Standards and exemptions should not be granted willy nilly because a business is finding the Standards too difficult.  

 

I have a disability and require the use a power wheelchair.  All I am asking is that I be allowed to travel around on Public Transport with the same freedom as any Able Bodied person. 

 

I feel personally insulted that the ARA want to apply for an exemption therefore further restricting my ability to travel, and again urge HREOC to reject this request
  

Yours sincerely

Brian

 

Brian J. Caccianiga