https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A wheelchair-using student has been dismissed by a Toulouse judge after he sued France’s national rail body for not using trains designed to allow disabled people access to the carriage toilet or cafeteria. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180817/disabled-student-loses-legal-battle-against-frances-discriminatory-trains Fri, 17 Aug 2018 13:57:05 +0200 disabled-student-loses-legal-battle-against-frances-discriminatory-trains Damien Birambeau has spent most of his life in a wheelchair — and for most of that time he has had trouble getting around Paris, his home town. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160710/paris-an-obstacle-course-for-wheelchair-users Sun, 10 Jul 2016 17:49:02 +0200 paris-an-obstacle-course-for-wheelchair-users A blind man has expressed his outrage after he was refused entry to a restaurant in the north of France because his guide dog was not allowed in for "hygiene reasons", despite a law specifying the animals must be welcomed in all public places. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130325/restaurant-turns-away-blind-man-over-guide-dog-hygiene Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:30:00 +0100 restaurant-turns-away-blind-man-over-guide-dog-hygiene An ethics panel in France on Tuesday opposed the use of so-called sexual assistants for the disabled, an issue sparked by a true-to-life film recounting the experiences of a handicapped man. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130312/france-rejects-sex-assistants-for-the-disabled Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:43:00 +0100 france-rejects-sex-assistants-for-the-disabled A disabled man has claimed he was abducted and raped by a 60-year-old man in Montauban, just north of Toulouse. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120913/disabled-man-sexually-assualted-by-an-oap Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:57:00 +0200 disabled-man-sexually-assualted-by-an-oap