Sophie Morgan says theft of wheelchair half made her really feel violated
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ritish TV presenter Sophie Morgan mentioned her wheelchair tools was taken from inside her parked automobile in a London road.
The 38-year-old mentioned she feels “violated” after the theft of a Batec, described as an attachment for a wheelchair to show it right into a mobility hand bike, in Camden.
It comes months after she mentioned her blue badge was stolen and her wheelchair package broken after a flight.
Speaking to Good Morning Britain, she mentioned: “It was just folded up in the back of the car. But just to be clear, that was in the middle of the day on the busy residential streets.
“It wasn’t like it was left overnight. It was just one of those really unfortunate events but I don’t really know what to say about it. There’s not much I can do.”
The Loose Women star additionally talked about how her incapacity allow was stolen, saying: “That was a few months ago; the same car got broken into.
“My blue badge got stolen and that was just literally the most disabling thing because… I depend on these things to give me the freedom and independence.
“I need to be able to live and so when the blue badge got stolen, I literally couldn’t park my car, I couldn’t go anywhere because I can’t get out of my car unless I’ve got that extra space.
“It’s really frustrating. I mean, having anything stolen from you is violating and infuriating but I think it’s when it comes to these sorts of items that you think, ‘I really can’t live without them’ and I don’t know how much value they give to your life.”
Morgan, who has introduced Crufts, the Paralympics, The One Show and Dispatches, lately visited the White House in Washington, DC, as a part of her incapacity advocacy work and spoke to the vp and division of transportation.
She mentioned: “They’re committing to try and pass a law that will make it mandatory for wheelchair users to be able to stay in their chairs when they fly if they so choose to, which is a huge deal for so many that actually physically can’t transfer out of their chairs.”
Morgan added: “I know that honestly sitting in that room in the White House, I would say, this conversation, I’ve never felt so much sincerity and understanding.
“I feel that that was the room where they got it. Here? I’m not so sure.”
The star mentioned she has sat on roundtables with members of the UK authorities and that she was advised legal guidelines will probably be handed when parliamentary time permits.