Target

"Target on Ohio State's campus is right at the heart of the University. With this being said, one downfall in terms of accessibility is the parking situation. The store is mainly street parking, which is not super accessible although there are a few handicapped spots on the side of the building. The store entrance has automatic doors, the aisles are very wide, and there is a ramp leading to the upper part of the store! All of these attributes make this location accessible for people with many different needs. Overall this is a great location, it has everything that a student could need!"

"The Target on High Street has a lot of accessible features. When entering Target, there are double doors that are automatic. They open as soon as you get close to them and this is great for someone who cannot open doors themselves or is in a wheelchair. This could also help someone who might have a visual impairment. When you walk into Target there are a few steps to get up to the main shopping area. On the right side of the store there is a ramp if someone cannot use the stairs. Having a ramp in a store is important so that everything is accessible. As you are shopping the aisles are very wide and the surface is very smooth. Some of the shelves in the aisles are high so it might be difficult for some people to reach. If there is pedestrian traffic in the aisles it might be harder for someone in a wheelchair to smoothly go through the aisles. I did not see any machines that read aloud products or where there are. This could be a feature to add for someone who is visually impaired. This location has self check out machines and regular. A person has to use the ramps in order to get to these but it is wide and not too steep. The self-check out machines are not too high and a buyer can ask for assistance on them as well. There are a lot of accessible features in this Target and allow everyone to shop there with ease."

"Hi! I will be examining the accessibility of this Target location. Getting through the main entrance will be very easy and stress-free, due to the automatic doors. The entrance is also wide and the staff at the front are very friendly and welcoming. They would be eager to assist anyone in need. However, there are no driving shopping carts for someone who needs a wheelchair. There is a staircase to get to the main area for shopping, however there is also a wheelchair accessible ramp towards the right of the store. It is not in the best location, since it is also used for people going to checkout. The aisles are relatively wide, except I could imagine someone in a wheelchair might have to wait for others to leave the aisle in order to have enough space to pass through. There are also some aisles that have large columns in the middle that wouldn’t allow for a wheelchair to fit through. Also, a lot of the food is really high on the shelves, making it hard for someone not tall enough, or even someone in a wheelchair. To get to the checkout, everyone uses the ramp, but there is a lot of space. There are self checkout stations that are easily accessible, but for anyone who needs extra assistance they also have cashiers available to checkout for you. Overall, this Target is relatively accessible to everyone and there are excellent employees who can help."

"At this Target, there were accessibility features, like the automatic doors, ramps, and emergency exits. These are great features for people who may have difficulty pushing open a heavy door, or even difficulty pushing open a door and walking through all at the same time. This could help someone who is blind and doesn’t see the door until it is too late, someone who is in a wheelchair, someone with a cognitive impairment, someone with autism, or someone with another type of disability. The store’s layout was, however, inaccessible in different places. Some aisles were very skinny and hard to fit through if you are someone with a wheelchair. Some aisles had support columns that were very large and square, from floor to ceiling, sticking out almost into the middle of the aisle. This target had no drivable shopping carts. There is not much parking. The ramp in the store was in a very inconvenient location. It was used by everyone to go down to the registers, not up to the main shopping section. When I go to Target in the morning or early afternoon, there are not many people, but the day I observed, around 5 PM, the Target was packed. The line to the registers was wrapped around the ramp and through two of the aisles. This makes those two aisles very hard to navigate if there is something in there you need, regardless of whether or not you have a disability. In the food section, there were big baskets and bins that stuck out into the aisle. Again, this is hard to fit through if using a wheelchair or a motorized shopping cart. Also, a lot of the food items were set far back or too high on the shelves or in the fridges, making it hard to reach for someone who is not tall enough, or again, maybe in the seated position in a wheelchair. The clothing section of the store had every rack on wheels. If someone were to lean toward the rack to look at clothes or reach for something and had difficulty getting a good sense of their surroundings, then the rack may slide away, fall, or even cause the individual to fall. The fitting rooms in the clothing section did not have large (handicapped) fitting rooms."