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By Kate Freeman Kate Freeman 2004-10-01T00:00:00

Receptionists at Newlon peep at Walsh over a high desk

Heavy push doors and steps without stairlifts aren’t just an upsetting barrier to disabled people – from today, they could be illegal. Yet the offices of housing providers are often shockingly inaccessible for wheelchair users, as Kate Freeman discovered when she tested them with the help of John Walsh.

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