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Katie Pennick

10 months

POV: You’re a station I’m trying to use and I need to buy the 50% wheelchair discount, but I can’t because the ticket office is closed and TVMs don’t sell them. Object to the closures now: #NotJustTheTicket

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

3 years

please indulge me in this little how it started vs. how it's going 😌

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

3 years

Fun fact about me: I use a ‘teenagers’ wheelchair. It’s tiny. 23inches wide. If I’m struggling to get through these “gaps”, they are completely impassable for most wheelchair users and visually impaired people with dogs. Pavements must be kept clear enough for pedestrians.

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

4 years

I’m watching my train leave in 5 mins and I’m not on it because I apparently didn’t arrive early enough for staff to get the ramp. I’m late because the bus I was on let everyone (20+ people -full bus) off before deploying the ramp for me. Everyone on that bus made their train.

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

10 months

barbie’s wheelchair vs my actual wheelchair: a critical comparison aka the best twitter thread i will ever post strap in #Barbie

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

2 months

POV: you’re a wheelchair user and the staff haven’t turned up with a ramp, so you’re trapped on an empty train. The emergency alarm is out of my reach so I have to rely on my shouting skills. How would you feel if there was a risk of this happening every time you use the train?

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

2 years

I hate writing tweets like this. I just experienced a bus driver shouting in my face. He got so angry he got out of his booth and stood up to scream at me. He was refusing to let me board because I use a wheelchair (there was a buggy on board, but plenty of space for us both).

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

10 months

they managed to copy my entire thread into an article and STILL called me “differently abled” are u kidding

Differently-Abled Woman Has A Wheelchair Similar To Barbie's, See Pics - News18

The Barbie movie, featuring Margot Robbie as Barbie and Ryan Gosling as her boyfriend Ken, has already been touted as one of the season's biggest blockbusters.

www.news18.com

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

5 years

When I was little I *hated* going to physiotherapy. My wonderful physio came up with an idea to make it more enjoyable - she would do a full assessment of my teddybear, and send my teddy’s hospital notes in the post with my own 😭 The attention to detail in these is brilliant...

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

3 years

I popped down to Soho today. An already notoriously difficult area (for its lack of dropped kerbs) has been made trickier with outdoor seating blocking pavements. I support the hospitality sector and understand the need for outdoor seats, but please leave room for wheelies!

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

8 months

£18 billion spent on building the brand new Elizabeth Line, and because the ticket office was closed today I couldn’t get on a train. Absolutely mind-boggling that this new line requires a manual boarding ramp and there are seemingly times where there are no staff?

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

10 months

on a srs note: i’m so happy that wheelchair barbie exists, and i can’t tell you how thrilled childhood-katie would have been to play with someone that looks like me 🥹

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

3 years

THREAD: I’m a wheelchair user, and I can’t travel by train on Sundays (it seems). Context: I’m trying to get to London from a small oxfordshire station. I’ve booked assistance using @PassAssistance , but it is ‘unconfirmed’. I’ve arrived at the station, and there are no staff…

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

4 years

This was my university experience in a nutshell. (Image description: a university lecture theatre filled with students. A woman in a wheelchair sits alone, at the top of a flight of stairs, separated from the other students, without a desk. There is no access to the seating.)

Sarah-Marie Da Silva

@SarahMarieDS

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@DBetterAcademia @UniOfHull

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

4 years

After being interviewed about inaccessible transport, I tried to get a train home and this is what I encounter: @chilternrailway tried to refuse me access, told me they couldn’t allow me on the train due to health and safety, that there was no ramp, no space. This was all false.

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

4 years

Ever wondered what it feels like to be trapped on a train, unable to get off? Here is a video from my Point Of View, as it happened to me *again* just now. This is why I fight for level boarding. I can’t rely on staff to meet me with a ramp. Because they don’t.

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

4 years

As a wheelchair user (in pre-COVID times) I relied on chains like Starbucks and Costa because they would *usually* have a ramp and accessible loo. Independents - more often - aren’t accessible (just like the one in this pic). Disabled consumers don’t have the luxury of choice.

Xanthe Clay

@XantheClay

4 years

Costa v our local independent. I find this cheering.

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

2 years

He kept yelling “we’re all equal” trying to justify that I shouldn’t get priority treatment. When I pointed out the law/guidance, he got aggressive. I was left in tears (and had to wait in the cold for the next bus).

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

10 months

in summary: barb’s wheelchair is pretty cool but i’m happy with mine x

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

1 year

I just flagged down a bus, it stopped, let all the non-disabled people on, and then shut its doors and drove off. Now waiting in the rain for the next one. I even pressed the wheelchair button on the side of the bus (which rings an alarm) to make it clear I wanted to board…

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

3 years

As we open things up, I’d like councils and businesses to remember that disabled people want to get out and meet their friends and celebrate with a drink too. Please don’t turn entire areas of London’s hospitality into total no-go zones.

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

4 years

The hold ups and delays I experience due to the inaccessible/unequal transport system have a knock-on effect, and very quickly accumulate. I now have to wait over half an hour for the next train. It’s not much, but it adds up.

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

1 year

I’ve returned from my trip to Amsterdam! It was lovely. As a wheelchair user, I found it much more challenging than I had anticipated. My thoughts on transport and street accessibility…🧵

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

10 months

my wheels are power-assisted, with sensors in the push rims and batteries housed in the central hubs. it gives me a boost meaning i can self-propel long distances, up hills, over any surface, and at pretty nifty speeds! i expect barbie gets tired without this feature. i win.

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

10 months

having your name emblazoned upon the back of your wheelchair is honestly such a slay move i can’t fault it. might do the same however, where does barbie put all her shit?? i see no bag? she’s not gonna be holding a purse if she’s self-propelling…

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

10 months

BARBIE HAS NO MUD GUARDS?? literally anything coming up on her tyres are going straight on her clothes. unhinged choice. why wouldn’t she have these? mine are pink 😌

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

3 years

I’ve found some pavements entirely blocked by seating, where I could not get past at all.

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

2 months

We could do so much better. Raised platforms would allow me to get on and off the train independently and remove the stress of no-show ramps. At the very least, there should be an alarm that is reachable for wheelchair users to alert the driver that I’m trapped.

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

10 months

like me she has no anti-tip wheels, we both like to live dangerously 💕

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

10 months

onto footplates. fairly similar setups here! both fold upwards out of the way to allow us to wiggle our feet if we want to. i note that barb’s footplates are set extremely low, to allow for her wearing giant heels literally all the time. again, a slay move. 👠

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

4 years

And after a long and stressful day, having to spend this half hour waiting in a freezing station rather than at home taking care of myself really takes its toll.

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

3 years

Disabled people’s options for getting from A to B are already so severely limited. Pavements were bad enough before with lack of dropped kerbs and street clutter - this has made things 10000 times more difficult.

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

10 months

barbie’s front castors are tiny and made of hard plastic. mine are thick (tho they have worn down a lot- i must replace them!) and rubber. thick front castors are important to avoid getting catapulted out of ur chair when going over rough surfaces i have more cat hair in mine

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

2 months

It’s not the staff’s fault. They had been told my train was pulling in to a different platform. And they are over worked - there aren’t enough staff to monitor each platform closely!

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

10 months

This is how hard it *already is* to get assistance. I tried to get the Overground. I arrived with plenty of time, but the assistance point was seemingly closed, no one visible behind the glass. I can’t reach the window to bang on the glass, so tried shouting “hello?” for ages.

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

10 months

barbie uses a self-propelled manual wheelchair. it’s made of lightweight materials (plastic) making it easy to push, but not particularly durable. even the cushion is made of (textured!) plastic, offering neither support nor comfort - and will likely result in pressure sores 😬

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

8 months

Quite a few people calling me entitled, and I’d like to clarify that they are completely correct! I am entitled! I literally am entitled to use public services the same as everyone else.

Surtsey Ana

@SurtseyAna

8 months

@KatiePennick Wait a second? . . . this is the epitome of ENTITLEMENT. The inconvenience causing a minor 10 minute delay is not a thing. Everyday, for 1000s, buses and trains don't even turn up. At my local station a couple of burly passengers would have lifted you on to the train.

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

3 years

Add this on top of the existing inaccessible streetspace - barriers everywhere.

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

10 months

barbie uses a rigid-frame chair which i respect. that will give her more stability and durability. mines a folding chair so i can take it in cars etc. both choices are valid!

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

2 months

Transport makes cities. When disabled people contend with this stress, frustration and disempowerment each time we travel, it sends a message about who the city is for - and who is not welcome.

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

3 years

So here’s a question for the floor, but in particular @chilternrailway : how can wheelchair users travel on Sundays? How far in advance do we have to book assistance in order to be able to travel? And is this fair or reasonable? More importantly: does it have to be like this?

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

10 months

barbie’s wheelchair has a scissor lock which, granted, are more effective. mine are push/pull because my hands aren’t strong enough to use the other type! but they kinda suck and don’t really work. barbie’s got me there.

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

4 years

TfL’s new app allows disabled people to plan accessible journeys without needing to use 3 separate maps. The most striking feature is the ability to switch between the standard Tube map and the step-free version. Perhaps this will show people just how inaccessible this city is.

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

3 years

Three points to end on: 1) @PassAssistance , while a brilliant app, does not in itself solve the myriad of issues disabled people face when travelling by rail. 2) Unstaffed stations are inaccessible stations. 3) @LevelBoarding would solve everything.

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

10 months

barb’s wheels are huge (probs > than mine which are 24 inch) which is great for efficiency when self propelling. i’m surprised they’re not cambered which would increase stability and handling. the tyres are solid - i guess punctures won’t be a problem! kevlar could never 💅

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

1 year

Feeling angry and shaken after a terrible experience this morning being assaulted on my way to work. While waiting at a bus stop, someone came up behind me, grabbed my handlebars and pushed me forwards toward the road.

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

1 year

A little upset that none of the other passengers, on the bus or at the bus stop, spoke up for me to try and get the driver to stop. I get it’s not your problem, and we’re all busy, but sometimes a little advocacy is really appreciated and makes a massive difference.

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@KatiePennick

8 months

@michaelco_lis Cool thanks Michael, next time I’ll give you a call and you can push my wheelchair there :)

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

10 months

“Katie couldn’t help but shake her head at Barbie’s lack of mudguards, a seemingly impractical choice. In contrast, Katie proudly mentioned her own pink mudguards that add both style and practicality” why does this article exist lmao

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

8 months

Evidently, it doesn’t matter how much money you throw at ‘modernising’ stations, if there aren’t staff in the ticket office, I will be physically unable to get a train.

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

8 months

@SurtseyAna You’re exactly right, I am entitled to use transport the same as everyone else.

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

5 years

Wheelchair gal with wheelchair pint 🍺 so many lowered accessible bars at glasto, would love for this to be more of a thing in ‘real life’ too!

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

4 years

We need @LevelBoarding to be made a priority - now. No excuses. No delays. Accessible transport is a basic human right and is fundamental to an equitable society. This is not up for debate. #C4LB

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

8 months

@PacoCuatroBurro Apologies, I missed the memo that said disabled people aren’t allowed phones.

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

5 years

This is @easyJet ’s official policy: disabled people are not permitted to fly unaccompanied. Is there a concession for this *mandatory* companion ticket? No. It’s either pay double, or don’t fly at all. I fail to see how this is not in breach of the Equality Act.

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

3 years

Huge shout out to @squirrelpot for kickstarting this work all the way back in 2014. Hero! Full write up of the campaign here:

Campaign victory: Westminster Council commit to accessibility upgrades in Soho - Transport for All

Transport For All are celebrating a positive and successful outcome from our recent targeted campaigning in Soho, which has resulted in Westminster Council taking action and implementing several...

www.transportforall.org.uk

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

3 years

When I first moved to London in 2013, I tried to have a night out in Soho and found I couldn't get around. I had built London up in my head as a mecca for accessibility, and I was so disappointed at Soho being effectively a no-go zone for me This is a real personal triumph 🥲

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@KatiePennick

1 year

If there’s one thing you take from this thread: don’t touch disabled people without consent. No ifs, no buts, no “i’m only trying to help” - don’t touch us. If you want to offer assistance - OFFER it.

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

9 months

After an idyllic week in accessible Barcelona, I just arrived at Gatwick. Lift down to train platform is out of service. I ask if there’s another way - yes but it’s a 15 min walk. I ask if someone can take me - no because “assistance finishes at 11pm.” Welcome to the UK…

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

3 years

“Accessible bathroom”

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

4 years

This is what disabled people have to deal with, every single day. Fighting - and I mean fighting - just to get anywhere. I am exhausted. And quite frankly I’m sick of saying the same thing over and over.

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

4 years

@chilternrailway No. You can ask the MD to get in touch with me.

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

2 years

Going for dinner tonight. My boyfriend called the restaurant to check if there is an accessible toilet. Was told "yes we have a disabled toilet, but if we have a large party then access is blocked" ...what

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

3 years

Luckily my partner is strong and was somehow able to drag my wheelchair up the giant step onto the train. Both wheelchair spaces are entirely taken up by bikes.

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@KatiePennick

4 years

It took me arguing with 3 different people over a 20 minute period to be allowed onto the train. They were dismissive, rude, utterly devoid of compassion and treated me with contempt (and lied to my face).

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

2 years

Last night I shared my experience of a bus driver shouting at me because I’m in a wheelchair. Today I woke up to a torrent of messages - replies and DMs - refusing to believe me, justifying the driver’s behaviour, or even blaming me for what happened. Here is a small selection.

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

3 years

Campaigning can be a thankless, exhausting, often lonely thing. Sometimes you fight so hard for something and get nowhere. It's important to celebrate the wins. To all the crips waging your own battles, big or small - I'm in awe of you. You're all powerful.

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

5 years

This bus driver just refused to take me. He stopped, opened doors, let everyone else on, closed doors and drove off without deploying ramp. A kind man (pictured) chased bus down but driver only argued with him and still refused to take me. @TfL another form heading your way...🙄

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@KatiePennick

8 months

The train arrived and no one had turned up to deploy the ramp, so I couldn’t board. Eventually staff did appear and I had to wait 10 minutes for the next train.

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@KatiePennick

1 year

Details: 08.55 getting the 133 southbound from Monument (Stop P) @TfL

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@KatiePennick

8 months

@today10182 my liner slays, you have poor taste

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@KatiePennick

1 year

Before I get the “maybe he was just trying to help” brigade, let’s make some things clear. Firstly. It is dangerous to push someone’s wheelchair, let alone towards the edge of a pavement into a main road! Regardless of intention, this was objectively dangerous.

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@KatiePennick

1 year

Secondly. How, how, HOW is it in any way “helping” to randomly push me? How do you know where I’m going / where I want to go? What makes you think you have right and autonomy over my body? Why do you presume I’m incapable?

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@KatiePennick

3 years

The assistance desk is closed and there are no staff at the station at all (not a soul!) meaning there is no one to *unlock* the ramp and allow me to board the train. If I was on my own, I would be totally stranded.

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

1 year

A wheelchair (or other mobility aid) while in use is an extension of someone’s body. Pushing or shoving someone is assault.

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@KatiePennick

1 year

This is why I have zero tolerance for people who presume to touch/grab/push disabled people under the auspice of “helping”. It’s not helpful. It’s terrifying.

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@KatiePennick

4 years

Those interested in hearing more about this - I make a podcast where I interview a famous disabled person while we journey together on public transport, which is as ridiculous as you’d expect: (insert spotify joke here)

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

2 months

being a wheelchair user, I have a lap available literally all of the time to be sat on, however my cat has decided she prefers to climb up and sit on my shoulder.

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

3 years

a bin man just waved at me through the window to get my attention, pointed to the bin and shouted “bin”, and i was like “???”, and he turned to another bin man and said “she’s in a wheelchair, she doesn’t understand” good morning everyone

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

13 days

Green Park station will have no step-free access to the Piccadilly line for over 6 months while the lift is replaced. GP is one of the very few accessible interchanges in central, making it indispensable for disabled people. Effectively this means 6 months of no Tube travel.

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@KatiePennick

1 year

Which leads onto my most important point: I have ZERO IDEA what someone’s intentions are. Maybe he was just having a laugh, or maybe he was trying to push me into the road to kill me! I have no way of knowing.

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@KatiePennick

1 year

I then had a panic attack, had a bit of a cry, then went on with my journey. 10 or so people waiting at the bus stop said and did nothing.

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@KatiePennick

4 years

Another example - when the Nando’s arrived in Stoke Newington there was an absolute outcry. How dare a CHAIN be put on the perfectly independent Church Street?! It’s the ONLY accessible toilet on that road. I don’t really like chains either but i like being able to pee.

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@KatiePennick

1 year

I cannot articulate how terrifying it is to feel yourself suddenly moving without intention, being totally out of control, a stranger behind you pushing you. I am sick of being made to feel unsafe in public space.

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

1 year

Thirdly. I’ve experienced many times before someone pushing me thinking they are “helping”. Usually they say “let me help you” and are offended when I angrily tell them to stop touching me. This felt distinctly different. This man was not trying to help.

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

5 years

Ali Stroker just became the first wheelchair user to win a Tony. They didn’t bother building a ramp to the stage, forcing her to enter from the wings rather than from the audience like her fellow winners. If that doesn’t sum up attitudes toward disability..

Tony Awards 2019: Ali Stroker becomes first wheelchair winner

Best featured actress winner Ali Stroker entered from the wings as a ramp had not been built.

www.bbc.com

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Katie Pennick

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3 years

If I want to attend a music festival or gig and use the accessible facilities, I have to “prove” I’m disabled by emailing a stranger with a copy of my benefits assessment, detailing exactly what personal care I need help with. But sure Vaccine Passports are intrusive. *screams*

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@KatiePennick

1 year

Thankfully I was able to quickly grab my wheels and spin around 180 degrees. I rammed into him, and moved away. He scarpered.

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

1 year

I already get anxious when I am on a train platform or by the edge of a road, because I fear people will push me off the edge. Experiences like today make those fears more real. Now I’m going to be even more anxious in my local area worrying if I will encounter this man again.

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

4 years

When you have a nice weekend away with your partner, but can’t sit together on the train as there are no seats next to the wheelchair space... @CrossCountryUK please reconsider your train design, disabled people have friends/partners too 😂 Now for a lonely 1.5 hours in my booth.

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

1 year

I was waiting for a bus and was facing the busy main road, checking bus times on my phone. I felt someone behind me grab my handlebars and then suddenly I was being pushed forwards. I screamed, and shouted “GET OFF ME!”

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

4 years

In this instance the train terminated so, though frustrating and disruptive, I could wait. But do you know how nerve-wracking it is when passing a station and the ramp doesn’t show up - meaning you could end up missing your stop?

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

4 years

My first ever lecture, at my first day of university, was upstairs. The lift (I shit you not) had a step to get into it. I spent the hour crying in the toilets and had to copy the lecture notes from a friend afterward. I failed that module!

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

4 years

This scenario is all too familiar to disabled people. It is demoralising, stress-inducing, and makes me feel powerless and small. Like my time isn’t important.

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

4 years

I have hundreds of other stories like that, and some much worse. My experience at uni was fraught with lack of access and outright discrimination. I was too young, tired, and insecure to fight it. Maybe one day I’ll write about it...

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

3 years

I recently had an awful and upsetting experience speaking to a doctor. It was a Dr I had not seen before, who didn’t have my medical notes available, so I had to explain my diagnosis to them. This is what followed:

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

1 year

I’m currently in Amsterdam. Tonight I witnessed an instance of disability discrimination. A tram conductor refused to let a disabled man using a small mobility scooter board. It was horrible - and has left me with some questions…🧵

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

8 months

me: I think I should be able to use trains the internet:

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

3 years

Do not base your judgements of “quality of life” on indeed the “value” of life on someone’s medical condition. They are not correlated. Getting tired of needing to demonstrate this.

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Katie Pennick

@KatiePennick

2 years

The only reason I tweet about these things (trust me, I don’t enjoy reliving it, nor the torrent of messages afterwards) is that maybe another disabled person will see it and feel less alone. Thank you to everyone who has written positive and supportive messages ❤️

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