Retail Accessibility in the Shoals

By: Kayla Rice

Locations

• JcPenny’s• Ulta• Target

JcPenny• Handicap parking for

those that need handicap accessibility.

• They had a ramp for those that were in wheelchairs and those that may be on crutches.

• It would be difficult for someone in a wheelchair or on crutches to enter into the store without help, because there doors are not automatic

• There is nothing wrong with their doors not being automatic as long as they don’t have anything blocking it and making them difficult to open.

Ulta• There were

handicap parking spots

• The doors were not automatic.

• There were no handicap ramps for those on crutches or in wheelchairs to easily walk up and into the building.

Ulta Continued• The aisles were wide enough

for a wheelchair to get through comfortably, even if someone else was on the aisle.

• The bathroom had braille writing on them

• The water fountain was accessible for those in wheelchairs, as well as others with accessible disabilities

Target

• The aisles were not wide enough for someone in a wheelchair to get though

• The dressing rooms were handicap accessible

• The dressing rooms also had braille write

Target Continued• The doors automatic

doors which is easy for anyone with a disability to walk through.

• There were handicap parking, some which were van accessible for people with wheelchairs.

• There ramp was provided in front of the whole store.