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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andy Gregory

Disabled woman forced to sleep in Travelodge dining room

Anabela Alves dos Santos

A woman who uses a wheelchair and requires a ventilator overnight was forced to sleep on a Travelodge dining room sofa after being told the accessible room she paid for was “out of order”.

Kat Watkins, who has brittle bone disease and sleep apnoea, said she was still in pain nearly four weeks after the “incredibly frustrating” incident on 26 April, which has knocked her confidence in being able to travel.

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