A woman in Midlothian says she feels 'trapped' in her flat - unable to get down the stairs without help.
Laura Wilson, 34, has been using a wheelchair full-time since November after a neurological condition impacted her mobility. She was diagnosed with fixed dystonia, and Functional Neurologic Disorders (FND) in June 2021 - affecting her right leg, speech, and spreading to her left side by November.
While she lives in a ground floor council flat in Penicuik, there are four large steps to the front door that she is unable get up or down in her chair without help from her family who live nearby. Once in her flat, the corridors are too narrow for her chair and she struggles to move around.
