disability, data protection, activism and other such
Back in 2022, Dominic Lund-Conlon / Rail Delivery Group instructed the rail industry to stop / cancel all disabled people’s booked assistance during Storm Eunice. – for trains that continued to run, and including an entire country (Scotland) that was not disrupted by the southerly track of the storm. (Nearly all train operating companies (TOCs)…
This is a TriRide, a popular motorised electronic addition to a manual wheelchair. It is good for off-roading and long distances. (I want one!) This is Dominic Lund-Conlon, Accessibility and Inclusion Manager at Rail Delivery Group (RDG). Has a history of unsupportable pronouncements on rail accessibility, and a reputation for undermining disability rights and campaigners…
I am going to Raasay soon. This Scottish Island is the scene of the famous Calum’s Road, hand-built by the eponymous Calum over 15 years, because the Council failed to connect Arnish, a settlement of North Raasay, with the rest of the island. That’s on top of his job and life as a lighthouse keeper…