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Viva Barcelona!

I’ve just returned from a six-day break in Barcelona. Two things struck me in particular about a wheelchair-using disabled person spending time in this wonderful city. Firstly, the ability to get to so many places is like a breath of fresh air for a wheelchair user – particularly one like me, coming from London. Both [...]

October 13th, 2010|Categories: Access, Changing attitudes, Inclusion, The urban environment|Tags: accessible, attitudes, Barcelona, disability, does, does she take sugar, wheelchairs|

The inaccessible built environment

I arrived in London to complete my Everything is Possible in Life Cycle ride nearly 3 weeks ago. Back home, when I first sat in my powered wheelchair again (having spent a month on the road without it), I felt like I was being given some independence back. For 32 days, when I wasn’t cycling, [...]

September 16th, 2010|Categories: Access, The urban environment|Tags: accessible, Barcelona, built environment, cycle barriers, disability, drop-curbs, everything is possible in life cycle, inaccessible, olympic, trafalgar square, tube stations|

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