Specific needs
These questions are intended to help you formulate your specific needs in terms of hospitality.
We cannot guarantee to meet every need. We will try to do our best together, within the limits of our human and material capacities.
Please read the accessibility page first, which describes the accessibility conditions of UEEH.
Food
Do you have any specific needs in terms of food or meals?
If so, can you describe what would be ideal for you?
Example: I have food allergies (+detail). I need a FODMAP diet. I need help with my OCD. I need help to serve myself and/or eat,…
Mobility
Do you have any specific mobility needs?
If so, can you describe what would be ideal for you?
Example: I need a room with a wheelchair-accessible shower. I need adapted seating. I need a queue cutter because I can’t queue at the self-service restaurant. I need to be picked up at the station by a PRM vehicule. I can’t use the stairs and need to use the elevator,…
Sensoriality
Do you have any specific needs in terms of sensoriality (hyper or hypo sensitivities)?
If so, can you describe what would be ideal for you?
Example: I need to avoid having to cross smoking areas. I need a silent, odor-free space. I need specific lights, …
Rest
Do you have specific sleeping needs?
If so, can you describe what would be ideal for you?
Example: I need a quiet room during the day to take naps. I need to be quiet after 10pm. I need to sleep alone (there aren’t many solo rooms). I need a certain mix of people in my room. I need a special mattress, …
Social interactions
Do you have any specific needs in terms of social interactions?
If so, can you describe what would be ideal for you?
Example: I need a room where I know there will be no interaction, I need to cross and/or be in communal areas without interacting, I need support to communicate with others, …
Access to information
Do you have any needs in terms of access to information? If so, can you describe what would be ideal for you?
Example: I need someone to accompany me and show me the different areas so I can find my way around. I need someone to refer me to in order to understand certain things. I need a written transcript of workshops, I need sign language interpretation, I need information in large print…
Specific medical needs and crises
Do you sometimes have crises that you want the health commission to know about? Do you have a protocol to support you that you’d like to share with us?
Example: I know that UEEH often causes me to have a manic episode, and I’d like someone to ask me every day if I’ve eaten; fatigue and stress can cause me to have an epileptic seizure, so I’m sharing my protocol with you; I need help with my insulin injections…
- Description:
- There are three of us on the health commission who don’t have a great deal of medical knowledge. We can’t promise to meet all your needs, but we’ll try to find as many solutions as possible.
- As mentioned in the part about social interactions, the UEEH week brings together a huge number of people and workshops. The rhythm is very intense.
- There is a space dedicated to health and care, with a first aid kit that is accessible to everyone at all times, as well as harm prevention/risk reduction material for sexual health and substance users.
- People trained in first aid and certain medical procedures, as well as in HIV and hepatitis B and C, will be on hand throughout the event.
- A health centre is just 5 minutes away by car (15 minutes on foot), and hospital emergency services are 25 minutes away by car.
Medicines needed
Are there any medicines or medical equipment that you need that you won’t be able to bring to the UEEH?
Example: I can’t fly with a certain medicine but I need it (Doliprane, Ventoline, anti-depressants, anti-histamines, etc.); I need specific needles for my hormone injections…
Description:
- A first aid kit will be available on site with some basic medicines in it, as well as harm reduction equipment.