Disabled actress 'yelled at and refused' Cardiff taxi
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[b]An actress has said she was refused a taxi ride in Cardiff because she was in a wheelchair. [/b]
Shannon Murray arrived at the city's central station on Tuesday night and said the driver of a saloon vehicle "started yelling at me" and told her to use a larger taxi instead.
Ms Murray said she was "humiliated" and praised others who refused to get in the cab because of how she was treated.
Cardiff council said no complaint had been made.
Ms Murray - who was left paralysed from the waist down after a diving accident when she was 14 - has campaigned for better representation of disabled people in the media for 20 years and appeared in a number of dramas, including BBC One's Casualty.
On Twitter, she said: "I moved towards the car opened the front door at which point the driver started yelling at me, shouting that I couldn't get in his taxi I had to use a wheelchair taxi.
"I asked why and he just kept pointing at my chair shouting it wouldn't fit."
She said she prefers using saloon taxis as she can sit on a seat rather than her wheelchair.
Despite the "embarrassment and the humiliation", she said she stood her ground and told the driver her wheelchair folded up perfectly to go in the boot.
Shannon Murray appeared in BBC Three's Co-Owner Of A Lonely Heart
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[b]An actress has said she was refused a taxi ride in Cardiff because she was in a wheelchair. [/b]
Shannon Murray arrived at the city's central station on Tuesday night and said the driver of a saloon vehicle "started yelling at me" and told her to use a larger taxi instead.
Ms Murray said she was "humiliated" and praised others who refused to get in the cab because of how she was treated.
Cardiff council said no complaint had been made.
Ms Murray - who was left paralysed from the waist down after a diving accident when she was 14 - has campaigned for better representation of disabled people in the media for 20 years and appeared in a number of dramas, including BBC One's Casualty.
On Twitter, she said: "I moved towards the car opened the front door at which point the driver started yelling at me, shouting that I couldn't get in his taxi I had to use a wheelchair taxi.
"I asked why and he just kept pointing at my chair shouting it wouldn't fit."
She said she prefers using saloon taxis as she can sit on a seat rather than her wheelchair.
Despite the "embarrassment and the humiliation", she said she stood her ground and told the driver her wheelchair folded up perfectly to go in the boot.
Shannon Murray appeared in BBC Three's Co-Owner Of A Lonely Heart]([/p
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Shannon Murray arrived at the city's central station on Tuesday night and said the driver of a saloon vehicle "started yelling at me" and told her to use a larger taxi instead.
Ms Murray said she was "humiliated" and praised others who refused to get in the cab because of how she was treated.
Cardiff council said no complaint had been made.
Ms Murray - who was left paralysed from the waist down after a diving accident when she was 14 - has campaigned for better representation of disabled people in the media for 20 years and appeared in a number of dramas, including BBC One's Casualty.
On Twitter, she said: "I moved towards the car opened the front door at which point the driver started yelling at me, shouting that I couldn't get in his taxi I had to use a wheelchair taxi.
"I asked why and he just kept pointing at my chair shouting it wouldn't fit."
She said she prefers using saloon taxis as she can sit on a seat rather than her wheelchair.
Despite the "embarrassment and the humiliation", she said she stood her ground and told the driver her wheelchair folded up perfectly to go in the boot.
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Disabled actress 'yelled at and refused' Cardiff taxi[/p] [b]An actress has said she was refused a taxi ride in Cardiff because she was in a wheelchair. [/b] Shannon Murray arrived at the city's central station on Tuesday night and said the driver of a saloon vehicle "started yelling at me" and told her to use a larger taxi instead. Ms Murray said she was "humiliated" and praised others who refused to get in the cab because of how she was treated. Cardiff council said no complaint had been made. Ms Murray - who was left paralysed from the waist down after a diving accident when she was 14 - has campaigned for better representation of disabled people in the media for 20 years and appeared in a number of dramas, including BBC One's Casualty. On Twitter, she said: "I moved towards the car opened the front door at which point the driver started yelling at me, shouting that I couldn't get in his taxi I had to use a wheelchair taxi. "I asked why and he just kept pointing at my chair shouting it wouldn't fit." She said she prefers using saloon taxis as she can sit on a seat rather than her wheelchair. Despite the "embarrassment and the humiliation", she said she stood her ground and told the driver her wheelchair folded up perfectly to go in the boot. Shannon Murray appeared in BBC Three's Co-Owner Of A Lonely Heart