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A wheelchair-user was left “humiliated” after a coach driver refused to allow him to board his vehicle, and then told him he was a “liability” and “banned” because he had previously complained about discrimination and safety issues. Arriva Midlands has already […]
A disabled man claims he was left with a broken ankle and two broken wrists after a bus company’s drivers repeatedly failed to strap him into a wheelchair space properly over the course of two years. Charley Jonstone-Brent, from Coventry, says […]
Disabled people are “at the heart” of a pioneering new centre that will research and develop accessible transport solutions, its launch event heard this week. The new National Centre for Accessible Transport (NCAT) aims to improve the accessibility and reliability of […]
A company that bragged of being a Disability Confident “Leader” under the government’s discredited employment scheme sacked more than 50 disabled staff when it fell into administration, and then hired mostly non-disabled agency staff to replace them. The workers were employed […]