{"id":26815,"date":"2020-12-10T18:04:59","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T18:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?p=26815"},"modified":"2020-12-10T18:06:56","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T18:06:56","slug":"cars-parking-on-dropped-curbs-make-me-more-disabled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/cars-parking-on-dropped-curbs-make-me-more-disabled\/","title":{"rendered":"Cars parking on dropped curbs \u201cmake me more disabled\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A DISABILITY rights campaigner is calling for yellow lines to be painted on a dropped curb to stop cars parking there and blocking wheelchair access.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joshua Reeves, 23, lives with cerebral palsy and says the issue in Leckwith is stopping him from getting outside independently. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt makes me so annoyed when people park there\u201d, said Joshua. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt stops me from doing stuff and it makes me more disabled.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI have to go back into my house and hope that my support is there to help me. If not, I\u2019ll be waiting there for hours until I can get out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"390\" height=\"349\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/12\/IMG_0658-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/12\/IMG_0658-2.jpg 390w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/12\/IMG_0658-2-300x268.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/12\/IMG_0658-2-293x262.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"390\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/12\/IMG_0658-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/12\/IMG_0658-2.jpg 390w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/12\/IMG_0658-2-300x268.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/12\/IMG_0658-2-293x262.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Joshua Reeves from Leckwith is a disability rights activist<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A support worker or a member of the public has to carry Joshua off the pavement, which is painful both physically and emotionally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is calling on Cardiff City Council to put yellow lines on the dropped curb to prevent any cars from parking there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joshua says he has contacted the council, the police and even confronted drivers himself in the past, but nothing seems to be changing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOne day, I hope I wake up to a yellow line there so I can actually know I\u2019m safe and be more independent. That\u2019s my dream.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"393\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/12\/IMG_0659-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26821\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/12\/IMG_0659-2.jpg 525w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/12\/IMG_0659-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/12\/IMG_0659-2-293x219.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"393\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/12\/IMG_0659-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26821\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/12\/IMG_0659-2.jpg 525w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/12\/IMG_0659-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/12\/IMG_0659-2-293x219.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Joshua is calling for the yellow lines to be extended to the dropped curb<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Disability Wales, a charity promoting the rights of disabled people, Joshua\u2019s experience is far too common.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Miranda Evans, the charity\u2019s Policy and Programmes Manager, says they have raised this issue with councils all over Wales for many years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere needs to be more penalties imposed by the council through policing,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s extremely problematic for those that require the use of dropped curbs. It\u2019s life limiting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Joshua, this is not the only issues he\u2019s vocal about. Throughout December, he has created an \u2018Accessible Advent\u2019 to raise awareness of daily issues that disabled people face. You can follow him on Facebook and Twitter on his page \u2018Don\u2019t call me special\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cardiff City Council has been approached for a comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A DISABILITY rights campaigner is calling for yellow lines to be painted on a dropped cerb to stop cars parking there and blocking wheelchair access.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":569,"featured_media":26820,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1],"tags":[38,371,313],"coauthors":[560],"class_list":["post-26815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-uncategorised","tag-cardiff-council","tag-disability","tag-parking"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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