Wheelchair user Alexander French claims Edinburgh Council has refused to build a ramp giving him access from his flat to the pavement
A man from Edinburgh is trapped in his own home after claiming the City of Edinburgh Council has refused to build a ramp providing him access from his tenement stair door to the pavement.
Speaking to Edinburgh Live, Alex said: "I am a wheelchair user and I live in a ground-floor flat in north Edinburgh. I recently contacted the city council to request a wheelchair ramp and I was told I needed to have a wheelchair issued by the NHS but I use an electric wheelchair as I do not have the strength to push a manual chair.
Top news stories today "My son is 29 years old now and he is out all the time, he needs his own life it's not fair for me to rely on him to get out of the house. I used to go to different groups through the week to meet up with people and socialise but I can't now. Alex continued: "The added stress of the situation makes my pain a lot worse and I'm in constant pain because of the Fibromyalgia. It has been really bad over the last year or so."
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