
Flick Williams
@flickhwilliams
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Disability Rights Activist / Electoral Reform Campaigner/Access & Inclusion Warrior (she/her) Impairment is personal, Disability is Political š
Joined November 2021
Urban planners removing #BlueBadge parking must understand a private vehicle for many is not a ā2 ton wheelchairā it is feeding station, toileting facility, medical facility, place of safety, means of emergency escape etc. In short, a mobile life support system that many NEED.
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RT @ThatsTVYork: "I hope it sends the message to other disabled people that you actually don't have to sit back and take it.". That's TV spā¦.
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RT @johnpringdns: M&S settles āDavid and Goliathā legal case after installing inaccessible doors to chiller cabinets.
disabilitynewsservice.com
Retail giant Marks and Spencer has agreed to pay compensation and make changes to at least one of its stores after installing chilled food cabinets with inaccessible doors that prevented a disabledā¦
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RT @johnpringdns: Solicitor who betrayed disabled people after they sought discrimination justice is struck off.@Doug_Paulley @FlickHWilliaā¦.
disabilitynewsservice.com
Disabled campaigners betrayed by a solicitor who took many high-profile cases of disability discrimination have spoken of the significant harm he caused, after he was finally struck off by a tribunā¦
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York wheelchair user welcomes M&S store changes after access row - BBC News. A different write up from the BBC and spoke about my case on BBC Radio York at 7am this morning.
bbc.co.uk
A York woman says she could not access the fridges at the Vangarde Shopping Park store.
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RT @LordOrk: Fury as disabled people ānot consideredā in footbridge plan over railway in Ashford. ā¦@Doug_Paulleyā© said he has told ā¦@Kent_cā¦.
kentonline.co.uk
Campaigners have slammed plans for a āgroundbreakingā footbridge over a railway line which will be inaccessible to disabled people.
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RT @BBCYork: On the radio Thursday from 6am with @jerichokeys š½. š A-Level results come out across North Yorkshire.š @flickhwilliams took lā¦.
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RT @flowergirl_lon: I genuinely didnāt know the extent of the damage heād done. I knew of a few but I suspect itās going to be a lot. I fā¦.
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If you ever wondered why there was never a legal challenge to the York blue badge ban after successful crowdfundingā¦. The solicitor instructed by York Accessibility Action was Chris Fry who was yesterday struck off by the SRA for dishonesty. He let us all down.
Do you live in #York or surrounds & hold a #BlueBadge? If you have been excluded from your normal business in the centre of #York please add your details to our claimants form as this is an important part of our legal challenge @FryLegal . #ClosedToUs.
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Disabled campaigner takes on M&S over ādiscriminationā at York store ā and wins.
yorkpress.co.uk
Disabled campaigner Flick Williams from York has taken on Marks and Spencer after alleging she was discriminated against at a city store ā and won.
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RT @ElizabethMistry: Campaigner @flickhwilliams (who lives with a disability and still shops for her elderly mother) understood the problemā¦.
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RT @ContorSien1527: well done!. It shouldnāt have come to this in the first place; M&S need to perform these undertakings in all of their fā¦.
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Remember this š Now settled out of court. Retrofitting to remove wire racks, lower cabinet handles & door treatments completed. Sometimes disabled people do win the David versus Goliath fights. But first you have to get in the fight for access to win it. ā
Disabled by @marksandspencer yet again ā¼ļøNow I can no longer shop independently because the chiller cabinet doors pull toward you & these ridiculous racks at the base get caught on wheels & prevent you getting close enough to reach handles let alone food inside š§µ
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Remember this š Now settled out of court. Retrofitting to remove wire racks, lower cabinet handles & door treatments completed. Sometimes disabled people do win the David versus Goliath fights. But first you have to get in the fight for access to win it. ā
Disabled by @marksandspencer yet again ā¼ļøNow I can no longer shop independently because the chiller cabinet doors pull toward you & these ridiculous racks at the base get caught on wheels & prevent you getting close enough to reach handles let alone food inside š§µ
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RT @PrivateEyeNews: Number crunching: Monthly cut to universal credit for newly sick and disabled claimants from 2026. From the latest Privā¦.
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