Most stations also have wide ticket gates for wheelchair access or those with guide dogs.

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Mr Hoban said that, in cases where wheelchair access was not possible, home visits were offered as an alternative.

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This could mean that he is sent to a prison with better medical facilities or wheelchair access, she suggested.

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He set up a lobby group called the Centre For Self Reliance and campaigned for access rights in Sarajevo for wheelchair users.

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His and hers vanities incorporated low storage and allowed enough space for a person using a wheelchair or a walker to easily use the sinks and access toiletry storage.

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Wheelchair user Vicci Chittenden said it is this kind of lack of access that "makes a person with an impairment disabled".

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Mr. Malito said the governor appeared to be focused on access for the disabled and drew comparisons with London's wheelchair-accessible fleet.

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Ms Carroll said she was not asked whether she was in a wheelchair ahead of her visit to the fitness-for-work assessment centre, nor was she warned that access would be an issue.

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