A woman with cerebral palsy has spoken of her nightmare getting around Manchester's streets - and the horrific online abuse she suffered after raising the issue on Facebook. Katy Daly, who uses a powered wheelchair, spoke to the Manchester Evening News for a matter of minutes before coming across a typical issue - a car blocking the pavement and stopping her getting past safely.
"I'll have to find a dropped kerb and travel along the main road," she said. "It would take seconds for a car to not notice and hit me. And who would be put at fault? Me, for being on the road."
Katy, 26, from Chorlton, south Manchester, met with the M.E.N. on Barlow Moor Road near her home to highlight the problem of pavement parking and people leaving wheelie bins out. It makes life incredibly difficult for people using mobility scooters, wheelchairs and parents with prams, she said.
