Bengaluru:Sunday, 70 wheelchair-bound specially-abled people sought public spaces to use in the city on International Wheelchair Day.
Of about 300 differently abled wheelchair users were part of the program including volunteers and activists, organised by the Special Educators and Rehab Professionals (SERPA)
The event asked the government to provide access to public places, including buses and restrooms and the meet lamented wheelchair users were not even treated as normal human beings. As wheelchair users face difficulty to move be in offices or schools, on roads or footpaths in cities across the country, the meeting suggested it was high time accessibility was made a part of their daily routine.
Padmashri Malathi Holla, a wheelchair-bound evangelist for equal rights of specially-abled people says There is the need for creating awareness among the public on wheelchair users issues to access public spaces for riding.
