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Daily Mail
24 minutes ago
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE My terminally ill brother was forced to eat Wendy's off a STOOL because the fast food spot didn't have available seating... it's his favourite but we can't go back
A terminally ill boy in a wheelchair was forced to eat off a stool at a fast food restaurant in London after staff did not offer disabled seating. Stage 4 cancer patient Bailey Merritt, 13, was taken to Wendy's in Camden by his brother Carl, 29, after finishing radiotherapy at a London hospital. Bailey also suffers from ADHD, autism, as well as being partially sighted and prone to seizures. His family chose the restaurant as the chain is a favourite of Bailey's and the window displayed a disabled access sign. However the teenager was forced to sit with his wheelchair pushed up to a stool due to a lack of available disabled access seating. His family said the experience ruined Bailey's view of Wendy's and made him uncomfortable about eating there ever again. Carl has called for more establishments to be aware of accessibility issues. He said: 'He has stage 4 terminal cancer, so at this moment in time we are just trying to make memories with him. 'He had just come out of the hospital and when he is hungry he needs to eat pretty quickly. 'We went in and ordered food, when you are in a bit of a rush you don't always realise if there aren't any seats. We also did not think it would be an issue so we just ordered our food. 'When we got the food, we asked where the disabled seating was and staff just told us they only had a disabled toilet and not disabled seating.' Under the Equality Act, restaurants should make reasonable adjustments to allow disabled people to have the same access as any other customers. Carl claimed staff at Wendy's did not make any accommodations for his brother and just told the family that 'no seats were available'. A small number of more practical seats were available, but staff refused to ask other customers to move their seats to accommodate for Bailey. In an astonishing excuse, staff told the family that the building 'was a bank' before it was a restaurant, which explained why they did not have disabled seating Carl is a restaurant manager himself and was appalled by the lack of sympathy which he said he received from staff members. He added: 'If you have a disabled toilet then you need to have disabled seating. If they are all full then you tell customers to move and tell them that other people need it. Bailey had been returning from a chemotherapy appointment at hospital when he went to Wendy's 'They sent someone with terminal cancer to eat his dinner off a chair. 'We would have left but we couldn't because of Bailey's situation, he needed to eat something then. 'I am angry, not just for Bailey, there are a lot of people that have physical disabilities but also invisible ones. They have a disabled toilet and a sign on their window about accessibility so it doesn't make sense. 'They could have put disabled seating downstairs, it didn't make sense to me.' Bailey lives with his mother and father in Romford, while Carl has moved out of the family home he said he still tries to visit and spend time with his brother as much as possible. He was diagnosed with cancer in 2024 and the family are now spending as much time as they can with Bailey to look after him. However the experience at Wendy's has now put Bailey off the restaurant for good. 'He was very upset about it,' said Carl, 'Wendy's was his favourite place to eat. 'We have one where he lives in Romford and it was his favourite food. 'But the way he put it in Camden was that he was eating food off a seat someone had just sat on. It made him feel dirty eating his food. 'We struggle enough to find places he likes to eat and now we have to find a new place for him.' Carl has called on other businesses to be more aware of catering for customers with disabilities. He said: 'I just think places like this need to be looking into not just physical, but hidden disabilities, they need to follow the Equality Act. 'Especially with children, they are the worst ones to do it to. 'I don't think a lot of people realise how much of an impact it can have on people, it is disrespectful and it is discrimination.' A Wendy's source said the Camden restaurant did have three low-level seats on the downstairs floor of the building. They confirmed they had been in touch with the family.
BBC News
36 minutes ago
- BBC News
'Fragile' girl's life transformed after rare condition caused her to stop eating
A 'fragile' girl's life has been transformed thanks to "caring and loving" staff at a 12, from Salisbury, Wiltshire, has a rare life-limiting muscle wasting condition called Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), which prevents her from House children's hospice came to the family's aid in 2023 after Ellie took to her bed, dropped out of school and expressed suicidal mother Beth said: "They just came in and gave us a chance to heal a bit. Cope a bit. Relax a bit. We were given this 360 care and love from people that were so gentle with us when we were so damaged." The family are sharing their story during Children's Hospice Week, which runs until Sunday, to raise awareness and funds for local parents first noticed their daughter might be unwell when she stopped crawling at nine months testing showed that Ellie had SMA Type 2. The condition is life-limiting, affecting her muscles, swallowing and period after the diagnosis was "absolutely awful", Beth said."I was searching for a cure anywhere I could. We were just desperate – we were like frightened children," she can still use her lower arms and hands to write, but is unable to stand independently or walk as her upper thigh muscles have weakened. "While she does physically struggle, it's Ellie's confidence and sense of identity that's damaged the most," said Beth. "She still very much cries because she can't go on a climbing frame and do things like other children. Her mental health is massively affected." 'Very fragile' In 2023, Ellie took to her bed on and off for about six months. She stopped eating, dropped out of school and told her parents she did not want to live. "It was an incredibly scary time for us and for her."But that was luckily the year that we discovered Julia's House, and things changed massively."Being around other children who are in wheelchairs or know what it's like to have a complex condition has also been phenomenal for Ellie. She has developed some really special friendships because of Julia's House."She added that all of Julia's House nurses, play worker and counsellor helped Ellie through her "very fragile mental health condition". 'Enormous strain on parents' Mike Bartlett, the charity's chief executive, said that Ellie's case proved how important it was to support parents, as well as children."Looking after a very poorly child puts an enormous strain on parenting. Research shows that many parents looking after seriously ill children suffer ill health themselves," he it is becoming more difficult for the charity to provide its services, due to the economic climate, he added."The problem is the costs have gone up, the cost of providing care, staffing, energy bills, inflation all have a pressure on our bottom line and it's getting harder and harder to fundraise," he said.
The Independent
36 minutes ago
- The Independent
Assisted dying: Why this momentous vote – with such far-reaching consequences
The third reading and final Commons vote on Kim Leadbeater's Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on Friday marks a truly historic moment for parliament. The stakes are so high that entrepreneur Declan Ganley has offered a private ambulance to MP Sorcha Eastwood, who is ill with Covid, to get her to the Commons to vote against the Bill. No wonder. It has been almost six decades since MPs have considered a Bill that would cause such a profound and fundamental change in the state's relationship with individuals and society's attitude to life and death. An historic vote In December Ms Leadbeater won a 55 majority on the second reading vote of her Bill, dealing with the principle rather than details, and is expected to carry a reduced majority today, although that is less certain than it was before. If she is successful then the state, for the first time, will be licensed to end people's lives if they wish it and if the circumstances allow. Doctors will be allowed to offer it as an alternative to people who have been given six months left to live. What factors will MPs be considering? The lack of certainty on the vote is partly fueled by the fact that a number of MPs who voted for the principle made it clear that they were allowing the debate to be had and would reserve judgment on the final vote. The debate in fact has moved on from one of principle - which only a minority oppose - to one of practicalities. The questions faced by MPs include: Can such a law be introduced to allow those with genuine terminal illnesses who wish to end their lives to do so without exposing the weak, poor and vulnerable to coercion to end their lives? Can the so-called tight restrictions be prevented from expanding beyond that through medical practice, judicial intervention or further legislation? Will this end up being a means for saving costs on the care centre and the NHS? Are the safeguards strong enough to ensure that the new law will not be abused? MPs changing their minds The reason that the vote has become tighter is because a growing number of MPs are concerned about the potential answers to those questions. The only issue will be whether that is enough to block the Bill. Based on votes on the amendments as well as known supporters and opponents, the predictive voting model used by opponents of assisted dying gives Ms Leadbeater a majority of up to 15, ranging to a defeat of the Bill by a majority of five. Very close. Key to the debate will not be the heartbreaking stories of people suffering in their final months, or celebrity voices like Esther Rantzen. They have already had their effect. More important will be the big change to the Bill brought by Ms Leadbeater which means a judge in court will not have to sign off, as originally laid out in the second reading vote. Instead, there will be an expert panel led by a judge or KC but not with the same legal authority. It is worth noting that the judicial safeguard was cited by more than 100 MPs in the first debate. The 'slippery slope' argument The other issue at play will be whether this Bill is a full stop to the issue or is something that will unleash a loosening up of the law over time. The lesson from the then Liberal MP David Steel's abortion legislation in 1967 will play a part in the decision-making of a number of MPs, who will be considering the so-called 'slippery slope' issue of an apparently tightly worded piece of legislation expanding its reach over time. Just this week we have seen MPs vote by a large majority to decriminalise abortion – effectively allowing it up to birth without criminal consequences from the 24 weeks (six months) already legislated for. But more important will be the experience of other countries where assisted dying has been legalised. Ms Leadbeater has been at pains that this is a specifically British Bill. However, in Canada, Oregon in the US, the Netherlands, and New South Wales in Australia the legislation has expanded beyond terminal illness to include mental health and other issues. Ms Leadbeater in fact highlighted a case of a couple who decided to end their own lives in Australia after 70 years of marriage even though terminal illness was not a factor. How the debate will unfold She will argue on Friday though that her Bill has been strengthened since November. Opponents will point out that she has rejected safeguards on eating disorders, mental health, the requirement of people actually suffering pain and many other apparently reasonable checks to the process. She had also opposed an amendment preventing doctors recommending assisted dying to children, the one defeat she has suffered so far. Many have consistently argued that a private members bill is not sufficient to debate something that will have such a profound effect on the country. Indeed, 52 Labour MPs asked Keir Starmer, a supporter of assisted dying, to give more time for further scrutiny, an appeal he rejected. The issue today will be whether all these questions and issues will mean there are enough MPs to have second thoughts from their vote in November to overturn a 55-majority. If the Bill is defeated then it will not come back before the next election, if Ms Leadbeater wins then it will have cleared its most important hurdle and a battle in the Lords awaits where many of the issues will be debated again.
