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Look In The Mirror For 'Dis Life'

Look In The Mirror For 'Dis Life'

National newspaper The Daily Mirror is standing up for disability rights by running a regular column written by a member of a top campaigning organisation.

Disability Rights UK Communications Manager Anna Morell now writes a weekly column at Mirror Online entitled ‘Dis Life’. The latest column looks at why publicly available wheelchairs so often don’t grant disabled people independence. As she explains: “I’m not a toddler. But like a toddler, I sometimes have to use a seat on wheels, and like a toddler’s pushchair, they are more often than not, tiny wheels.

“Wheels on wheelchairs I cannot reach. Wheels I have no control over. A toddler needs a chair on wheels so its adult can keep it safe. I need a chair on wheels to give me freedom and independence.”

You can read the column here.

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