THE lack of consideration shown by the National Railway Museum, which allowed Wedding Fayre cars to block disabled parking spaces, and considered that parking in the non-disabled parking spots acceptable, is not an isolated incident.

It is something even the hospital has been guilty of recently. All the disabled parking spots on either side of the entrance were closed off, and most of the parking spots in front were also blocked by building materials.

Disabled people cannot park elsewhere. It's impossible to get in or out of the car.

There's not enough space to bring a wheelchair up alongside the car, or to open the door wide enough to get in or out.

It results in missing hospital appointments or being late for appointments because there are no useable parking spaces.

MFI in York is also inconsiderate. The previous store seemed to give no thought to disabled access, something I hoped would be rectified with the building of the new store.

But the entrance doors were both heavy and difficult to open for someone of limited mobility, such as myself. I was forced to wait for an able bodied person to open the narrow doorway for me.

Countless other buildings are guilty of this common failing.

Too often the disabled remain silent regarding clear violations of the Disability Discrimination Act.

I call upon all disabled people to "name and shame" all high street retailers, businesses, public facilities, etc that deny the disabled the simple right to use them without restriction or impairment.

Mrs J Taylor,

Tennent Road,

Acomb,

York.

Updated: 10:26 Friday, April 01, 2005