Walgreens

Walgreens Store... Accessible?

From the outside it seems that Walgreens would be accessible… as a huge corporation with stores all over the country I wondered what are their policies on accessibility.

There is no disability claim on the door like I saw on the Jo-Ann Fabrics store.  I did not see any other signs telling me how they are accessible.

So I asked the cashier when I checked out.

She told me that they try to be as helpful as possible.  I asked if there was any sort of accessibility training… she states the training tries to cover as much as possible but if I had more questions I might get better answers with the manager.

So of course I talked to the manager on duty.  I asked: What does Walgreens do for accessibility?
The manager asked me what I meant.  He didn’t understand the question and as I told him accessibility for all abilities he started to get a little nervous.  He stated he tries to be as helpful as possible and does not discriminate because of gender, race, disability… etc… like what you read on your job application.  I asked if Walgreens had any policies on accessibility.  He did not know of any.

Questions I still have 

If your employees do not know of the accessibility policies… are  you accessible?

Does just the parking spot in front and automatic doors make a place accessible?

Should large corporations be made to be ‘completely accessible’? what is ‘complete accessibility’?

In a world that is not accessible should it be assumed that people know certain places are accessible?

How should these businesses let us know they are accessible and how they are accessible?

Will there be a time where there is more accessibility than not accessible that we can assume a place is accessible to all?