Tag: Equality

I read today that the government is going to give “enhanced rights” to disabled people when travelling on buses. Last year Doug Paulley won a court case which meant …

A new report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has found that disabled people in the UK are being let down right across the board.

This  article from Disability Now  hits the nail on the head. Legislation such as  the equality act is not enforced, so Restaurants or music venues will not make themselves …

Ticket providers and music venues are discriminating against disabled people by not letting us buy tickets online for music events like everyone else can.

On 23 June the UK will vote in a referendum to decide whether to remain in the European Union. There has been an interesting and sometimes heated debate going …

This is Stephen Hawking’s timeless advice to disabled people about how they should live their life. Every disabled person should read his wise words.

Back in October I went to Berlin for a week, which obviously involved flying. This was the first time I’d been on a plane for 10 years.  The last …

“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world that surrounds him. The unreasonable man attempts to adapt the surrounding world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable …

I travel on trains regularly to go down to London to visit museums. It only takes an hour and a half to get to King’s Cross from Newark Northgate, …

I love a good toilet. You might think that’s weird but let’s face it, toilets are important. We all need them. But sometimes we can’t use them when we …

Every now and then when I go out I will be confronted with the ugly spectre of wheelchair inaccessibility. Most recently this happened last week. I went to see my …