disability, data protection, activism and other such
Author: Doug Paulley
Wheelchair user and residential care user, sometimes thorn in the side of authorities.
World Cup of Inaccessible Stations: Connections that matter, unless you’re disabled.
I scored the 20 World Cup of Stations finalists for disabled access. None reaches grade A, six have platforms reachable only by steps, and Bishopstone comes last.
The Rime of the Unaccommodated Traveller
A ballad, after the form of Coleridge Part the First A traveller waits beside the ramp, And stops a passer-by. “You, sir, with the briefcase and the phone – Why won’t you meet my eye? You’d stop for a man who’d missed his train, Or one who’d lost his way; Why not for me, who’s…