‘I haven’t really been able to charge my power chair. I got it charged a few days ago but it was really difficult'
‘I haven’t really been able to charge my power chair. I got it charged a few days ago but it was really difficult'
“When I get home from my brother and sister’s I’m layered up in my pyjamas and jumpers and I have a hot water bottle that I use to warm up my back and my hip. Then I have three blankets on top of my duvet, layering up really.” Ms Ward added that she believed those with a disability, in particular wheelchair-users, had been forgotten about during and in the aftermath of the storm.
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