Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson Crawls Off Train After No Assistance, Faces Online Abuse

baroness Tanny grey Thompson a renowned paralympic athlete and member of the House of Lords recently shared a distressing experience she had while traveling the 55-year-old who has won 11 gold medals in wheelchair racing was traveling on a London Northeastern Railway Ln train from her home to London Kings Cross station the incident occurred after 10: p.m. on a Monday when she arrived at the station and found there were no staff members available to assist her gray Thompson had been on the 7:45 p.m. train and had previously praised the train staff for their attentiveness particularly for checking if she needed food during the journey however when the train arrived at King's cross at just after 10: p.m. there were no Railway workers present to help her disembark she waited for approximately 16 minutes before deciding to crawl off the train herself despite her efforts to seek help through social media where she posted updates about her predicament no assistance arrived the only staff she encountered were members of the cleaning crew who were not authorized or insured to assist her eventually she had to move all her belongings onto the platform and manage the situation on her own following her experience gr Thompson faced a wave of online abuse and criticism some people questioned why she was traveling on a bank holiday and suggested that she should not have been out or traveling alone the negativity she received highlighted broader issues of ableism M and discrimination against disabled people in response to the abuse gray Thompson addressed her critics directly on social media she firmly rejected the notion that she should remain at home or not travel independently her response emphasized the ongoing challenges and prejudices faced by disabled individuals underscoring the need for greater awareness and support for accessibility and inclusion in public transportation overall the incident and the backlash she faced have brought attention to the ulties disabled people encounter and the need for improvements in the assistance provided to them during travel