Then Barbara Met Alan

An interesting film. I remember the protests and angry, aggressive people. It's a shame that's what it takes to get your point across: the disability rights act should have been around years back.

The actress playing Barbara is fantastic, actually all the cast are. I didn't enjoy the footage of the protests, I can understand their anger but boy are they nasty.

I hope those involved in Direct Action realise that they cannot get to 'all corners of the world'. Many of our wonderful Victorian/Edwardian buildings just aren't built of wheelchair access, and most aren't suitable to have a ramp. I recall a protestor in my home town complaining she couldn't get her wheelchair up the steps of the beautiful Victorian bank - to me this was plain daft and unnecessary. Bank elsewhere! My friend experienced a wheelchair user turning up at her small Guest House - she hadn't informed anyone on booking that she'd require wheelchair access. The building is Georgian with stone steps, not suitable for a ramp. It's sad, but right to state that not every building will be accessible for wheelchair users. They will just have to book elsewhere that's suitable.

The bus ramps are here at last! Well done Barbara, Alan and their fellow Rights Protestors.