disability, data protection, activism and other such
I got Trapped Underground recently. Incident report Here’s an extract from the London Underground official report. Incident Description :- At 1852 a wheelchair customer pressed the help point at the hub, bottom of escalators 16-19. Lift #6 had been advertised as being out of service from 0629 this morning. The gentleman complained that escalator 6…
I’ve got West Yorkshire Police to recognise that a bus driver who refuses a wheelchair user access to an empty wheelchair space on a bus is committing a crime and should face punishment. Disabled people, bus companies and drivers should all be made aware that such crimes should be reported to the Police. The Police…
I traveled to Salford today, after my interesting time booking my trip to visit my Dad. I fully expected a lot to go wrong. Sadly, I was right. The TransPennine from Leeds to Manchester was OK, except that the hand-dryer in the toilet was non-functional. One of the two wheelchair spaces was reserved for me;…