Disabled trapped in apartment
A woman in Canadian woman is trapped in her apartment for three days and counting because the elevator is broken. Her apartment is on the third floor and she has no way of using the stairs to go to the grocery store or even collect her mail. Man calls have gone to the building management [...]
Disabled man has egg thrown while traveling in England
A disabled man that was traveling the Iarnrod Eireann on the Cort to Thurles line has been repeatedly harassed by the crew on the train. The man was given permission to travel on the train as long as he stayed in the food cars so there was room for everyone to move around. Unfortunately the [...]
North Wales train stations unfit for disabled
Only 45% of stations are fully usable by someone in a wheelchair, and 83% are completely understaffed. These are truly terrifying statistics for those that get around by a wheelchair and want to use the train. If someone were to get off at one of these stations the could be stranded there until the next [...]
Malta not following disability laws
The Times of Malta has a story about an agency that is supposed to make sure all buildings are accessible via wheelchair, but new building permits are going around the agency. The number of permits that the agency has vetted dropped by 40% compared to last year, but there has not been a 40% drop [...]
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