Have You Signed & Shared? 50K Say We Must Standardize Hotel Bed Heights

The most frequent question about hotel room accessibility asked by blog readers concerns bed height — why are hotel beds so tall? Tall beds may be ‘in’ right now, but they are a major accessibility barrier to wheelchair users, who face difficulty in transferring between uneven surfaces, explains blogger and Advisory Board Member John Morris. 

 Our take: First, the reason why beds are not a uniform height: the ADA does not set a maximum bed height requirement as well as the fact that a large number of semi-ambulatory disabled people need a taller bed. Turn concern into action by signing the Change.org petition Morris found after doing some digging and join 50K other folks who have done the same. To sign the petition on Change.org, click here.