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Mind the Other Gap: the gap between “probably fine” and “definitely fine”
Rail access has got so much better. So why do I get nervous before a half-hour trip into London? Trains, ramps, and a very small invention. I was about three when I fell in love with trains. I'd just got polio, and I was lying in an iron lung. Those machines had an angled mirror fixed above your head, so you could see a little of the world behind you. In my mirror was a viaduct. And across that viaduct went the steam trains. I couldn't hear them. I just watched the carriages
brinkburn6
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The Sky Should Be the Limit, Not Disability: Why We Must Demand Change in Air Travel
In the 1990s, I worked with Mary Wilkinson, the editor of Disability Now, and Ann Frye, the Head of the Inclusion Unit at the Department of Transport, to advocate for improved compensation for disabled individuals whose wheelchairs were damaged by airlines. This campaign, Flight Rights, aimed to address the inadequate compensation for the damage caused to wheelchair users' equipment. Almost thirty years later, Channel 4, a UK TV station, aired a compelling documentary hosted
Phil Friend
Jul 22, 20243 min read
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