A woman from Neath has called for better accessibility for those with disabilities after falling out of her wheelchair in Bridgend. After her wheels got caught on a kerbside last month, Zi Armstrong was tipped out of her chair with no one around to help - and it's left her questioning if more needs to be done to improve accessibility for people like her.
Zi Armstrong is affected by multiple conditions including fibromyalgia, spinal stenosis, Ménière’s disease, chronic pelvic pain and neuropathic bladder and bowel. This means she has to use a wheelchair whenever she goes out.
When she fell out of her chair, Zi was leaving the Samaritan's in the town where she volunteers as an office listener, supporting people over the phone at the mental health charity. As she was going down Meadow Street on Wednesday, February 15, her chair jolted her out as it got caught on a kerb.
