Author: Doug Paulley

Wheelchair user and residential care user, sometimes thorn in the side of authorities.

HEARING CANCELLED – Disabled people in Court! – Tues 18th June 2024, Disabled People and the Government’s National Climate Adaptation Plan

HEARING CANCELLED This hearing has been adjourned at short notice, to 23rd and 24th July. I’m pretty devastated – and I’m sorry to others who made arrangements. Doug – 17th June 2024 I’m one of three claimants taking the Government to court over its failure to produce a fit-for-purpose National Climate Adaptation Plan. If you can,…

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Disabled rail travellers’ handling during Storm Dudley vs Storm Eunice

Back in 2022, Dominic Lund-Conlon / Rail Delivery Group instructed the rail industry to stop / cancel all disabled people’s booked assistance during Storm Eunice. – for trains that continued to run, and including an entire country (Scotland) that was not disrupted by the southerly track of the storm. (Nearly all train operating companies (TOCs)…

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Dominic Lund-Conlon lies about TriRides on trains

This is a TriRide, a popular motorised electronic addition to a manual wheelchair. It is good for off-roading and long distances. (I want one!) This is Dominic Lund-Conlon, Accessibility and Inclusion Manager at Rail Delivery Group (RDG). Has a history of unsupportable pronouncements on rail accessibility, and a reputation for undermining disability rights and campaigners…

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