Uber has launched a fleet of wheelchair-accessible vehicles that can be requested via the app.
Perhaps they thought nobody would notice but, when the potential impact is this huge, they thought wrong.
Why is it that, when non-disabled people are talking about or to disabled people, they feel that it is perfectly fine to say or ask whatever they like? Regardless. Absolutely anything. Things they would not dream of asking or saying about a non-disabled person but, because we are disabled, they feel they have a right to know.
We've come a long way since the days when people with learning disabilities were abandoned in institutions.
Some companies and organisations offer discounts for disabled people and their carers - read on to find out what you could save.
Last week I had one of my regular long chats with my wonderful father and, as it often does, what he said got me thinking. Why don't more older and disabled people know about all the things they are entitled to from the State and that they deserve to receive? How many lives could be improved and made easier if people just knew what's out there to help them? Welfare benefits, home helps, aids and appliances, it's all there and available but people often don't know about it or don't realise it applies to them and their own particular circumstances.
