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 French rail ticket inspectors are known for being sticklers when it comes to enforcing rules but asking a famous quadriplegic Frenchman to prove he merits a disabled travel discount is taking things to extremes. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170925/frances-sncf-blasted-for-making-quadraplegic-prove Mon, 25 Sep 2017 11:48:36 +0200 frances-sncf-blasted-for-making-quadraplegic-prove A group supporting France's disabled community has handed a "file of shame" to the French government as it has emerged that thousands are forced into "exile" in Belgium where facilities and support are considered far better. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151020/frances-disabled-flock-to-seek-care-in-belgium Tue, 20 Oct 2015 16:53:51 +0200 frances-disabled-flock-to-seek-care-in-belgium Two French policemen are in hot water after a video emerged on Facebook showing them apparently "helping" a disabled man by pushing his broken down motorised wheelchair along a road using their police vehicle. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150914/french-police-filmed-pushing-disabled-man-with-car Mon, 14 Sep 2015 12:46:13 +0200 french-police-filmed-pushing-disabled-man-with-car France's disabled community has been left irate after the government said laws requiring businesses and public transport services to make improvements to wheelchair access would be delayed by up to nine years. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150723/anger-as-disabled-access-delayed-for-nine-years Thu, 23 Jul 2015 15:04:02 +0200 anger-as-disabled-access-delayed-for-nine-years When limbless French swimming hero Philippe Croizon's wheelchair was stolen, he received a flood of public sympathy. But now he is demanding for the disabled the "liberté, egalité, fraternité" the French Revolution promised over 200 years ago. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130820/why-france-must-do-more-for-people-with-disabilities Tue, 20 Aug 2013 19:57:00 +0200 why-france-must-do-more-for-people-with-disabilities A pioneering French MP wants to push ahead and create the country’s first sexual assistance service for severely paralysed people, living in his region. It comes after a French ethics committee rejected the idea of using "sex assistants". https://www.thelocal.fr/20130321/french-mp-to-launch-first-sex-assistants-for-disabled Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:04:00 +0100 french-mp-to-launch-first-sex-assistants-for-disabled French blockbuster ‘The Intouchables’ has done more to raise awareness of disabilities in France than either the Paralympics or government funded campaigns, a new report says. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121108/film-the-intouchables-more-influential-than-paralympics-for-french-employers Thu, 08 Nov 2012 12:07:00 +0100 film-the-intouchables-more-influential-than-paralympics-for-french-employers Cheese company Bel is apologising after a summer advertising campaign sparked a threatened boycott of its products from the disabled peoples' unions. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120808/cheese-company-gaffe-offends-disabled Wed, 08 Aug 2012 12:10:00 +0200 cheese-company-gaffe-offends-disabled