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Originally Posted by Tinkerbell I've been reading the disabled access to nature reserves with some interest, but would also like to mention just how difficult it is to access pavements in towns and villages with a wheelchair. Some paths are too narrow, some have their lowered areas blocked by cars (grit teeth), some surfaces leave much to be desired. Often you have to venture out into the road to push the wheelchair, whilst vehicles wait behind you for a chance to overtake - possibly cursing at the same time!
I suggest that anyone responsible for town planning, footpaths etc., should sit in a wheelchair and be pushed around themselves for a week, putting their faith in someone else, to see just how hair-raising this experience can be.
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There was a case last year of a lady who successfully sued her council under the Access to Goods and Services section of the Disability Discrimination Act because they put down
cobbles in her street, which meant she had no access to the Highstreet shops!
There are some very nice 'love notes' you can get for the windscreen of people who park on pavements. Or even better still, my best friend sent me some washable window markers from Crayola......I think you can guess the rest.
