Bus Transportation for the Disabled; One Woman’s Test
When most people need to get around from place to place, they don’t think twice. If you live in a busy city such as New York City or Atlanta, you might take the bus or grab a cab. No biggie. But for people with disabilities, it’s another story- one in which a woman named Rosemary Bolinger can tell you about.
Rosemary lives in the UK and is a trustee of the national disability organization called Scope. Last year, the BBC News reported that Bolinger set out on a journey to test the accessibility of buses for wheelchair users. Together with her 25-year-old son, Rick, the two put Bolinger’s plan into action. What Bolinger and her son discovered was that even if the bus timetables indicated that the bus route was ‘wheelchair accessible,’ this was not the case. And on several occasions where the bus showed up without wheelchair access, Bolinger and her son were greeted with blank stares.
Bolinger’s bus trip also tests how easy it would be for a disabled person to travel at the last minute, which apparently, it’s as easy as one would think.
About Scope:
Scope is a disability organization located in England and Wales whose focus is on people suffering from cerebral palsy. The aim of this organization is to help disabled people achieve equality in a society in which they are valued and have the same human and civil rights as everyone else. [source]
This is a great human organization. Sadly did not help the crippled people, and I support this action.