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Disability campaigner unable to collect award on stage due to no ramp (www.bbc.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

"Despite a ramp being available, staff presumed Ms Landre didn't want one"

How is that just one throwaway sentence under one of the images and not explained in any more detail. What does that mean? How available? Why did they assume she wouldn't want it? Does she know a ramp was available?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

If she can't even campaign enough to get a ramp at the award ceremony where she won an award for her disability campaign, did she really deserve an award for her campaign at al!?!?!?!?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Pardon my ignorance but does the UK not have an ADA equivalent?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

We do. It's called the Equality Act 2010. It requires reasonable adjustments for disabled people. However, this is not always provided for in reality. The equality act is mentioned in the original article