A 35-year-old disabled woman was told to leave a park in Glasgow by police when she sat on one of the benches to take some rest.
Kiki Flood suffers from a condition called Meniere’s disease that causes vertigo, tinnitus and hearing loss.
After a tragic accident, she was left with a number of metal plates in her body and now uses a walking stick.
On Tuesday, Kiki took her six-year-old autistic son, Alexander, to Queen’s Park, Glasgow.
After walking for 15 minutes, she decided to sit on one of the benches inside to take some rest.
That’s when a police officer asked her to get off the bench due to the emergency protocol amid coronavirus outbreak in Scotland.
Kiki said the police officer shouted at her in front of her son and when she tried to explain her condition, he didn’t even listen.
Kiki and her son Alexander then left the park.
Kiki told the Daily Record: “Alexander’s already been finding the lockdown tough because he’s so used to being hyperactive around his pals at school.”
“He’s been frequently unsettled around the house so that hour of exercise a day is so important – but I obviously need to be there with him.”
Kiki’s partner, who works in a warehouse that supplies PPE to medical staff, is working full time and Kiki is taking care of her son alone.
Kiki says police officers need to understand that disabled people are not even mentioned once in the emergency legislation.
She said she understands the situation but not everyone, who is going out, is breaking the rules.
She said she should be allowed to take a seat when she is out with her son for his exercise.
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