The minister for disabled people, Maria Miller, has called for a change in attitude and behaviour towards wheelchair users and other disabled people as one man said he was taking legal action against bus companies in London after being refused permission to board on 28 occasions.
Transport for London (TfL), the body responsible for transport in the capital, was on Wednesday evening unable to say whether the type of mobility scooter used by Bellisario was allowed on buses, but had ordered companies to investigate his claims “as a matter of urgency”. Some types of scooter are barred due to their “limited manouvrability” but TFL declined to say from pictures whether Bellisario’s vehicle fell into this category.
Miller said she had intervened in a similar dispute in her own constituency and that for many disabled people, “the ability to travel on public transport meant independence and freedom to take control of their own lives”.
Bellisario said he was taking four companies to court seeking compensation of £40m, alleging breaches under the Equality Act 2010 and “numerous other laws”. He regarded such sums “as a very nominal figure” in the context of the companies’ income globally. He said drivers had repeatedly refused to allow him to get on their buses and, on an occasion he had been allowed on, he was subjected to abuse by other passengers.
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well done go for it abuse is all we get hehe jeff3
The reason miller has stood up here is because she is desperate to prove the disabled are not with any difficulty in any circumstances….. Its a blow to her bullshit and i have to applaud this guy going for a £40m law suit….. He is just too cool and i love his tactics….. Ha ha. Miller u callous cow we know your game but look……. People are playing it back and making you a fool that you are.
I hope this guy is successful and proves his consistant discriminative suffering is that of us all.
Miller? I hope you see the fact you are a deadbeat callous cow and to come forward as saying peoples attitudes need change? How about you change your own, you manipulative, mallicious and see through scumhag.