http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Disabled Cyclists Fear Being Seen On Their Bikes" en Mon, 18 May 2026 01:00:00 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19315#post-296877 Mon, 03 Dec 2018 15:08:20 +0000 I were right about that saddle 296877@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Somebody once told me there's no such thing as an aggressive dog, there are just frightened ones. </p> <p>The closer we all get to the cliff edge the keener we are to find someone to push over first. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19315#post-296868 Mon, 03 Dec 2018 12:20:47 +0000 Rosie 296868@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>How crappy this is on all levels. My brother-in-law can only shuffle a couple of hundred meters after his stroke, and can't carry things, but gets about in style on his adapted three-wheeled recumbent. He'd be wretched without it, totally dependent on my sister for getting about. It's saved him from severe depression. </p> <p>And what a horrible neighbour. It's no skin off his/her nose whether he gets benefits or not. I can understand colleagues getting annoyed that someone is skiving, pretending to be sick, but how does it affect the neighbour? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19315#post-296866 Mon, 03 Dec 2018 12:11:20 +0000 unhurt 296866@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Disabled bus pass shaming too - hi people guess what you can't see a serious heart condition, or epilepsy, or a hundred other conditions. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19315#post-296865 Mon, 03 Dec 2018 12:10:31 +0000 unhurt 296865@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This makes me so furious and despairing - <em>He feared he would be reported and his benefits taken away.</em>. This is a broken, awful, dehumanizing "support" system. Rule 2 to that revolting neighbor. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19315#post-296862 Mon, 03 Dec 2018 11:43:29 +0000 ARobComp 296862@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There is a lot of this around "blue badge" shaming as well. People with non-obvious disabilities getting shouted at for using a blue badge space. </p> <p>Must admit to being finding myself at Tesco the other day with sprog and, not being able to find space in the parent-child section, I took a roundabout route to the front door so I could investigate all the cars inn the spaces for evidence of childs (they were all legit). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19315#post-296857 Mon, 03 Dec 2018 10:56:52 +0000 sallyhinch 296857@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Depressing, in so many ways </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19315#post-296856 Mon, 03 Dec 2018 10:11:26 +0000 Frenchy 296856@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>By Laura Laker, using Wheels for Wellbeing research: <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/half-of-disabled-cyclists-fear-being-seen-on-their-bikes-in-case-they-lose-benefits_uk_5c0118c4e4b0d04f48b30d83" rel="nofollow">https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/half-of-disabled-cyclists-fear-being-seen-on-their-bikes-in-case-they-lose-benefits_uk_5c0118c4e4b0d04f48b30d83</a></p> <p>"John, who is in his late 50s, was born with cerebral palsy, and struggles to walk. He has cycled since the age of six, but he stopped four years ago when a neighbour started photographing him on his bike. He feared he would be reported and his benefits taken away." </p>