Aug 042011
I’ve been giving some semi-serious thought to going to Comic-Con next year, but I’m not sure how easy it would be to navigate a wheelchair through massive nerd herds. Yet according to this account from a Comic-Con attendee with a disability, the event organizers have given some thought to accessibility. I’m still not sure I want to camp outside a hotel ballroom for six hours just to watch a 15-minute trailer of The Hobbit, but it’s good to know that some accommodations are available should I choose to go. I might be better off attending one of the many local cons before attempting San Diego.
Actually, Mark, the Comic-Com commandoes run a pretty good disability services program. As for lines, well, I gone down to hte area (I live in San Diego) the past two years, hanging around the Convention Center and surrounding surreal streets. Crowded indeed! But lots of fun. The crowd is amazingly friendly and good-natured. Many wheelchair and scooter users, although many avoided eye-contact (was it something I said? Mybe I didn’t look nerdy enough). I think you should come, if you can get tix that is. Not easy.