'I feel like a second-class citizen': readers on navigating cities with a disability
We asked readers with a disability to share their experiences – good and bad. Their responses show the many ways people can be shut out of their communities
- How Chester became the most accessible city in Europe
- Access denied: wheelchair metro maps versus everyone else’s
“Sandwich boards on pavements, a crowd of smokers blocking the disabled entrance, bins or vans parked over lowered pavement edges, disabled toilets being used as performers’ changing rooms or storage, ‘accessible ramps’ being far too steep or only available on request, scaffolding on both sides of the street, pushchairs filled with shopping in the wheelchair space on the bus, the housekeeping trolley left in the lift – you get the picture!”
One Guardian Cities reader painted a vivid picture of what it’s like to navigate a city in a wheelchair. Following our report on Chester, Europe’s most accessible city, we asked readers with a disability to share their experiences of accessing cities, good and bad.
Related: Access denied: wheelchair metro maps versus everyone else’s
Related: Roman holiday: how Chester became the most accessible city in Europe
Source: Guardian Transport
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