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Transport Systems Should Be Disability Friendly.

Public Agenda

| February 22, 2010 | COPYRIGHT 2008 AllAfrica Global Media. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Akwasi Fredua

The Executive Director of the Centre for the Employment of Persons with Disabilities (CEDPD), Mr. Alexander Tetteh, has expressed dismay at the various forms of discrimination that People With Disabilities (PWDs) continuously suffer in trying to access the public transport services.

According to him many, PWDs are not allowed to board public transport services since drivers and their mates do not have the physical strength to carry them together with their wheel chairs. Most drivers, he said, think that PWDs might waste their time since they are competing for the same space with abled passengers within a specified time.

" Some drivers …

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