"Actually, I do not know the bathroom of my university," a student of Sociology at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA, for its acronym in Spanish) told a team of technicians from the National Audit Office (AGN, for its acronym in Spanish), but not precisely because she had some I hesitate to use a public restroom. It is that the sanitary of the seat is inaccessible for people with reduced mobility and the young woman is disabled driving. "Since I started to study, I started wearing diapers, because I cannot risk not being able to go," said the student, who at the time of the work of the control body only needed two subjects to receive.

The AGN evaluated the state of 25 buildings belonging to the different faculties of the UBA and the Common Basic Cycle with respect to facilities for people with reduced mobility or communication, and found that 60% of the bathrooms are inaccessible, that is, not Comply with current regulations in this area; 28% is accessible and the remaining 12% is partially accessible.

With the same measurement pattern, it was determined that 36% of the elevators are inaccessible, 52% is partially accessible and 12% is accessible. And, among the observations there are elevators that do not have the necessary measures to allow the rotation of a wheelchair, nor the keypad adapted for blind people. "No disabled motor can only take the elevator," said a student of the Philosophy career, and explained: "Not only are they always uneven with respect to the floor, but the doors automatically close against the wheels of the chair and eventually, on the hands. And if the elevators do not work, there is not a classroom on the ground floor so as not to miss classes."

Regarding entrance to buildings, the report points out that 64% of the seats are partially accessible, 28% is accessible and 8% is inaccessible. Narrow ramps with steep slopes and no corresponding rest were found and "labyrinthine" administrative offices inaccessible to people with wheelchairs. A lawyer, former student and professor of the law school, said that "the library has a ramp access that is a danger for anyone. There is a distance of one and a half meters to climb about 70 centimeters, assistance is needed and the autonomy is completely lost."

On the other hand, the professor also noted that most of the classrooms have complete banks, such as church, going from end to end: "This hinders mobility for someone with a wheelchair. And the situation is aggravated by another disability, for example if you have eye problems and you need to read lips, or proximity to the board."

The control body annexed to its work several interviews to students, alumni and teachers of the UBA with situations of disability. The testimonies coincide in manifesting a series of difficulties that appear in the facilities of the different venues. A student of CBC of Literature, a driving disability, said: "I always go to the same bathroom, because it is the most comfortable, but not as big as it should be. I do not have much space here to accommodate myself and I have to leave the door open, but I do not care. "For another student of "edge", to sit in the toilet of the best bathroom of the faculty (which is on the third floor) is "impossible", and detailed: "The toilet is not up to the chair, nor has platform cement. The only solution I found, after much study, was to move the chair as close as possible, slide down to the edge of the seat, and with my elbow resting on the back, urinate head-on like a man. I do not know what I would do if I had a bowel problem."

The Audit completed that "no Faculty or headquarters of the CBC meets 4% of employees with disabilities," a minimum established in Law 22,431 of 1981, modified by the 25,689 sanctioned in 2002.