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Cinema owners, shame on you.

Last week, I went to my local Vue cinema to see True Grit. My jaw dropped to the ground when I was asked by an eager young girl for a Cinema Exhibitors Association card, as proof of entitlement to a seat for my companion (without whose help I could not have got in to watch [...]

February 17th, 2011|Categories: Access, Changing attitudes, Empathy, Inclusion|Tags: access, accessible, attitudes, changing attitudes, cinema, companion, disability, empathy, inclusion, inclusive, publicity, vue, wheelchair, wheelchairs|

Sometimes, attitudes & behaviour need to catch up with the law

Last week I went to a friend’s wedding party. It was held in the basement health club that was his own small business. I used the elevator to get down to basement level. He half complained about how he had been obliged by the law to spend a fortune for his small business fitting the [...]

October 5th, 2010|Categories: Access, Changing attitudes, Inclusion|Tags: access, attitude, attitudes, changing attitudes, disability, elevator, lift, out-of-order, second-class citizens, stairlift|

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