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30 Jan
No wheelchair users on Zwift?! Ignorance or discrimination?
Zwift is fantastic, loved by millions of people all over the World and proving a lifeline for many during this current pandemic and series of lockdowns. It’s an online platform started in 2014 where people connect and join together from their living room in what Zwift describe as the number 1 app in the World for “riding, running, and training with your community.” But you have to be able to use your legs to run or cycle as Zwift is only available for able bodied people. This is of course a bit of issue for the 55 million plus wheelchair users in this World who’d love the opportunity to join. To use Zwift it’s super easy, they explain how in three easy steps you can connect and join. You just need to ‘grab your bike’ and connect your trainer to Zwift. You can then join your friends, socialise and have fun competing with people from across the World. For this superb experience you pay of course, the membership is £12.99 per month and they have grown to become a multi billion dollar company, recently publishing in September 2020 that they will be investing another $450 million into the platform […]
20 Nov
Wheelchair access and disabled rights gone ‘out the window’ due to COVID… outrageous?!
Another example of how COVID-19 safety measures are having a huge impact on disabled people. • Disabled bays blocked for COVID-19 queues • No additional spaces made available • Restrictions and limited access for blue badge holders If you are a wheelchair user or struggle to walk any distance then in the good old ‘pre-covid’ days you used to be able to go to a store and park near the entrance – in fact this has been the case since 1970 when orange badges were first introduced as part of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970. You’d place your blue badge on the windscreen and happy days, you got the wide space needed to get your wheelchair out of the car or you managed to park close enough so you could walk to the shop. For a minute let us ignore the fact there are many people abusing the blue badge system and it’s easy to get one… Genuine blue badge holders need the space. If you are an independent wheelchair user who transfers to the drivers seat and puts their wheelchair across their lap and onto the passenger seat (which 1000’s of people do daily) then you […]
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