Disabled people's life

One news outlet has asked seven people to document their everyday experiences of disability for a month – including Cobb, who has the connective tissue disorder Marfan syndrome. Their diaries capture the reality of being disabled in Britain today: the slights, broken systems and misunderstandings that stop disabled people from living as should be their right.
On her way from to Nottingham, Shona Cobb nearly found herself stuck on a train on three separate occasions. Cobb had booked wheelchair ramp assistance for each required change – but not one staff member turned up to help her. Instead, at one stop, she had to rely on a friendly couple to help her; at another, the only way to prevent the train door closing with her still on board was to stick her foot in it.
It is a neat and infuriating irony that Cobb struggled to get to an interview about the discrimination facing disabled people because she was experiencing just this kind of “disabilism”.
Hassles with public transport are a common theme – such as the extra half-hour Nina has to set aside to reach any destination.
The diaries reflect a well-documented landscape of prejudice and discrimination: this year, a major study by the Equality and Human Rights Commission found disabled people are “left behind in society”, with a lack of equal opportunities in education and employment, and barriers to access to transport, health services and housing.
The diaries show how this carelessness (or outright hostility) from members of the public can combine with inaccessible infrastructure to make even simple tasks a headache: from luggage being piled up around a wheelchair on a train, to cramped...

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