Rights & Law

“We would like to see the new government giving priority truly to the rights and equality” Interview with ThaiPBS on Thailand Election Day (Link: https://www.facebook.com/AccessibilityIsFreedom/posts/2309355729087059) 24 March 2019

9 May 2018 A group of PWDs activist, Transportation For All (T4A), is gathering with other groups of PWDs networks to proceed prosecuting Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) for failure to completely install all BTS elevators and infrastructure. This inability to comply is against the order from the Supreme Court which had issued the mandate previously. The group also claimed that the incidence has terribly costed the estimated damage of 1,436 million Baht.

PWDs Sue Against City Hall Transportation For All (T4A), Disabilities Thailand, and Person with disabilities (PWDs) networks will, once again, make a gathering marching to sue against the Bangkok City Hall  and demand for reasonable compensations from their failure to meet the Administrative Court’s order to install newly elevators and accessible facilities at all the original 23 BTS stations, giving it one year implementation and it is now three years passed. At Administrative Court, Chang-Wat-ta-na road.

Section 15: “Determination of policies, rules, regulations, measures, projects or practices of the governmental agencies, private entities or individuals that cause discrimination or injustice on persons with disabilities shall be prohibited.” —Empowerment of Persons With Disabilities Act, 2007

All this time, since I broke a safety glass at the BTS station, so many friends, brothers and sisters have shown their concern about my hands. I’m truly thankful for your love and care. However, I want to tell you that, “It’s alright that my hands got hurt, what hurts more was my heart …” I really mean it. Do you wonder why my heart is still hurting?

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New York City subway there’re still 350 stations in-accessible left totally 80% stations are unusable by people who can’t traverse stairs. And 25 stations got the elevators but recently remain as ‘out of service’

The secret walk wayFrom the bad news, inspired me to do this video. Everyone got choices on their own wished, but not for PWDs. We got no right to get access to the basic facilities easily, and we have no even right to be ..fear ..of anything. Check out the ‘Face on, the secret walk way… (Video with English closed caption)’

I have only known both of them recently but I have witnessed their kindness towards to people with disabilities. Mr. Tam is a lawyer, who stands behind me in the photo. He has helped disabled people with their legal issues for the past 30 years. Mr. Aud, who is also a lawyer, has been currently using wheelchairs since he has been unwell.

“You’re helping us and you get nothing…” A voice from the Thammasat University law students, year 2016 that I had the opportunity to work with. This is the second time that we are meeting to make an appeal at the Traffic and Transportation Department of Bangkok City (TTD) for the construction of skywalk so that it’s accessible to everyone.