Disabled have rights - The Age

Published letter in The Age 15 January 2010


Disabled have rights

YESTERDAY morning my mother, who is in a wheelchair, waited for more than an hour for a bus to take her to work. Numerous buses went past but none were low-floor buses. She had rung the Melbourne Bus Link the previous night warning them she was coming, to which they promised a low-floor bus.
Countless phone calls later a low-floor bus finally arrived. The driver looked at my mother in disdain because he had to lower a ramp for her. When are we going to demand equal access for the disabled? When will our prejudices change?

Catherine Brooks, Port Melbourne