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Wheelchair user "had to crawl up cinema stairs"

A cinema has been the centre of protests after a teenage wheelchair user had to crawl up the stairs because of the lack of wheelchair access to the building.Amy Clements, 15, who has spina bifida, organised the protest of more than 20 people outside Hereford's Odeon after her experience, which left her feeling “embarrassed”. Jim Lawes, president of Hereford's...

News | 15 Aug 2008
Evacuation versus invacuation

...lus: Comment | Technical guidance | Case reports and more ? What does this sign mean? Take the quiz. Page 21 Contents In this issue ... LATEST 05 EDITORIAL I am reminded of a scene in the BBC2 television series, The Office. In the scene an overzealous fire warden tries to get an employee in a wheelchair down the stairs by lifting her chair with her in it. When he and a co-worker get down a few flights of stairs, they are exhausted and decide to leave her there because, after all, it is only a drill. 10 a building is not always possible. But can it ever be safe to leave workers or members of the p...

Magazine issue | 10 Jul 2008

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