Disabled woman fined more than £1,000 for parking in disabled spot

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Disabled woman fined more than £1,000 for parking in disabled spot
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Cerys Gemma says her parking space is inaccessible so she used disability parking bays for visitors.

Ms Gemma she cannot use the space allocated to her flat as there is a pillar on one side, and another car parking space close on the other side

"The reality is that if the space allocated to her is inaccessible to her because of her disability, then they're under obligation to make a reasonable adjustment, to maybe move that space or change it to a closer spot to the front door.Mr Fry said a breach of the act could result in a company having to pay compensation for "impact of the injury to feelings that the tenant has faced", and that could mean fines of more than £1,000.

"There is no disadvantage to them changing their policy, and prioritising, in fact legally, prioritising disabled people above other people is legal.

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