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pwales_2

i find old people the worst one time i was trying to get on the bus and a old lady was sat in the wheelchair space(not disabled space but wheelchair) which has a sign saying you must move if a wheelchair comes on....well she would not move so i had to wait for the next bus! as i was getting back off the bus she moaned to the driver ive waited for my free bus pass why should he have a bus pass.....the driver did not stick up for me ,i complained and had an appology letter saying he was being retrained

lyniced

pwales wrote: »

i find old people the worst one time i was trying to get on the bus and a old lady was sat in the wheelchair space(not disabled space but wheelchair) which has a sign saying you must move if a wheelchair comes on....well she would not move so i had to wait for the next bus! as i was getting back off the bus she moaned to the driver ive waited for my free bus pass why should he have a bus pass.....the driver did not stick up for me ,i complained and had an appology letter saying he was being retrained

Just out of interest and going off the subject. I have just go myself a bus-pass, but didn't really think about how I would get onto a bus in a wheelchair. Everyone says I will need somone with me to get onto a bus, but was hoping it would give me some idependence and freedom. Are buses wheelchair friendly and would I be ok to get on and off on my own?

pwales_2

lyniced wrote: »

Just out of interest and going off the subject. I have just go myself a bus-pass, but didn't really think about how I would get onto a bus in a wheelchair. Everyone says I will need somone with me to get onto a bus, but was hoping it would give me some idependence and freedom. Are buses wheelchair friendly and would I be ok to get on and off on my own?

you will fit on some the driver should lower the ramp for you but most dont so you need to be agile on a manual chair to be safe

Mupette

lyniced wrote: »

Just out of interest and going off the subject. I have just go myself a bus-pass, but didn't really think about how I would get onto a bus in a wheelchair. Everyone says I will need somone with me to get onto a bus, but was hoping it would give me some idependence and freedom. Are buses wheelchair friendly and would I be ok to get on and off on my own?

This would depend on type of bus, attitude of bus driver etc.

I'm in Bristol, First Bristol runs the show, but just to show you what we have to put up with....

http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/Bristol-bus-driver-refused-let-disable-man-board-scooter/article-2458167-detail/article.html


If you can get on a bus, the wheelchair space is usually taken up with the buggy brigade, who often enough declare that the could not possibly get chardaney out of the buggy as they need both hands to drop down the latest in chav buggies. (How the frig did we manage, you just did)

or the driver who refuses to get out of his cab to assist, or worse, refuses to press the button that automatically drops the bus to meet the kerb to help you. (perhaps he might sprain his finger)

Prinzessilein

I live on the East Coast. The bus companies seem to have a variety of buses, and you never know which type is going to come!

I am not in a wheelchaor, but I cannot manage stairs/steps. Sometimes I wait for a bus, see it is the 'wrong' sort (with a huge step) and have to wait for the next one and hope it has the low' entrance.

What I find hard to understand are the bus drivers who insist on driving off before I am sitting down. They have just seen my disabled pass, do they not realise thatI might have problems with mobility? I get thrown forward as the bus starts and then am tossed side to side as I try and reach the safety of a seat. I asked once why the driver couldn't wait just a further 30 seconds....he told me that he is on a strict timetable and gets penalised if he doesn't start/leave on time. Presumably the timetable is more importanyt than the safety of the passengers.

wornoutmumoftwo

Where I am, if there are buggys on the bus and a wheelchair user wishes to board the buggy need to be moved, or off the bus as they are not allowed to refuse access to a wheelchair user.

ash4becks

after i went for my bb assesment , i had my splints on bright white driver was telling me to run lol dispite him seing me walk slow he wouldnt wait was only 20 ft away so he drove past, had to stand for 10mins in agony wasnt happy thou,

think there is a policy where if they cant get you on the bus they pay for a taxi in my area

kusadasi040667

kingfisherblue wrote: »

We've just returned from a holiday in North Wales. My son has Down's syndrome and several other disabilities. He uses a wheelchair and of course, we took it on holiday with us. We were really surprised at how many people stared at him - especially children. As we passed, some people actually turnedd around to keep looking at us. We've never experienced this in our home town, so it was a bit of a surprise. My daughter commented on it, but I just told her to ignore the ignorance that other people have.

My friend has a son who is very disabled, she has got so fed up that she had little business cards printed with hello my name is ........ thank you for your interest in me I have ................... disability you can find out more on this by either asking my mom or going to https://www....... If you wish to help the charity is ............ now hope you have a good day

When my child was young she had to often wear a leather specialist helmet as she would drop to the floor,have seizures & poor balance.People would stare all the time I remember standing outside a shop with her waiting for my husband & other children.There was a young child & man stood by us, the child said daddy why is that girl wearing a skateboard helmet (I waited for the adult reply ha). Man replied because she's obviously stupid!! To be honest we have had much worse said to us. On the other hand you occasionally got the opposite one time I was out shopping (again!)I can't recall if my daughter was in a major buggy or wheelchair at that time anyway a little girl said mommy why is that girl in that and the mom smiled at both of us and said I don't know perhaps we could ask the little girl if thats ok with her & her mom? My D said yes to me.I beamed at the mommy and said oh please do! It was lovely the children had a lovely chat about why legs dont always work it benefited both of them in diff ways. I thanked the mom after a chat for the way she was bringing her child up & wished more were the same .
Ironic that I'm now disabled my daughter's great thank goodness & its now her that gets annoyed when people are rude & ignorant to me and she's a lot more scary !! :rotfl: :rotfl::rotfl: K

WhiteHorse

Mupette wrote: »

buggy brigade [...] could not possibly get chardaney out of the buggy as they need both hands to drop down the latest in chav buggies.

And if you ask them to move, all you get is a mouthfull of abuse (which always seems to contain the words 'moi kids' and 'right?').

Indie_Kid

kingfisherblue wrote: »

We've just returned from a holiday in North Wales. My son has Down's syndrome and several other disabilities. He uses a wheelchair and of course, we took it on holiday with us. We were really surprised at how many people stared at him - especially children. As we passed, some people actually turnedd around to keep looking at us. We've never experienced this in our home town, so it was a bit of a surprise. My daughter commented on it, but I just told her to ignore the ignorance that other people have.

I'm not being rude when I say this:
With children staring, it's because it's something they've never seen before. I don't know if it's just me, (a friends' son has Downs Syndrome, too) but their facial features do look different.