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Which just feels incredibly condescending actually, as someone that uses a wheelchair. It reminds me of when people talk louder to me because I'm using a mobility aid. Like, there are better (visual) indicators that could be used for hard-of-hearing folks, so I'm struggling to understand which disabled folks this benefits compared to traditional door closing auditory indicators. There's a Melbourne tram rolling stock that's similarly loud and shrill.
I assume it's for people with eyesight issues / blind. At least that's what I read about it when it was introduced. However even then I have severe doubts in that helping (I also had a legal blind colleague and know how he got around).
So I don't really think it helps any amount of people weighing against (statistically) possible 1% of Autists that might have more trouble with it.
And yes you're right it seems some kind of default reaction by people to raise the voice, also for instance when I don't (and can't, and I told them beforehand!) understand in busy environments.
Thanks for your answer and perspective! I always think of 'you' when a regular stop in my home city casually states that all elevators at that stop are broken (for at least weeks) so you'll just have to take the next stop (... And then??).
Most blind folks have "better" hearing than you or I though, that's what confuses me.
As for the elevators, where I am they mandate at least two lifts for every connection. It's funny because my train stop is quite busy, but only has two lifts as it has an island platform. However, a few stops away they have four elevators despite being way less trafficked, because it has two side platforms.