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Disabled 'to sue for Tube access'
On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 at 14:03:44, Helen Deborah Vecht
wrote: "Henry" typed Why is it that to many people, "disabled" means "wheelchair users" and absolutely nothing else? Because they are the pushy, awkward aggressive ones! Also because the sign for "disabled" is a stylised wheelchair. In fact, since many buses were converted/rearranged to allow someone in a wheelchair to use them, they've actually been less accessible to those who, while not using a wheelchair, have walking problems and would dearly love to be able to get on a bus (be hauled on by the conductor of a Routemaster, in the olden days, but nobody can help them now), and sit down almost at once, rather than be nearly knocked down in the scrum and have to push past the queue at the bottom of the stairs to find a seat. -- Annabel Smyth http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/index.html Website updated 8 March 2004 |
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