Disabled mum slams First Bus after drivers 'refuse' to let her board with wheelchair and pram

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A disabled mum has slammed First Bus for 'discrimination' after claiming drivers repeatedly refuse to let her on board her wheelchair and her baby boy's pram.

Heather Sturdy says there have been around 10 occasions where drivers have 'shut the door in her face' when she attempts to get on the number 72 bus on Balmore Road, Ruchill with her young sons, Kayden, five, and Brodhi, 14 weeks.

The 32-year-old has described how drivers insist there is 'no room', when she has seen no evidence of this, and refuse to look at a letter which was issued to her by First Bus declaring that if there is space, then she is allowed on with her wheelchair and buggy.Heather relies on the service to take eldest son Kayden to school and attend hospital appointments for youngest child Brodhi, who was born eight weeks premature.

She says that the ordeal has left her 'at a loss' and that being constantly left out in the cold is having a detrimental impact on her and her kids' physical and mental health.Heather told the Record: "I deliberately got a particular style of pram so it would fit into the spaces available on buses, but I'm still not allowed to board."I always have to wait for the next bus when they don't let me on but sometimes they're cancelled so we're forced to walk half an hour to Kayden's school, which isn't ideal for me or my baby as we've both got health conditions."I feel like this is discrimination against parents in wheelchairs.