But coming from the perspective of a disabled person who can walk but having to.move sideways or try to get out of the way can leaf to me falling over.
I would be shit scared of a cyclist coming at me as I know I can't just get out the way either.
My mother is like this and she's bumped and knocked and bumped a lot, by kids and adults on bikes and scooters on paths, she was once badly injured by someone on a mobility scooter and I do understand the being hyper vigilant and being anxious about things that could knock you over and I know from the verbal abuse my mother had received that some members if the public do see disabled people as an annoying inconvenience if they have to accommodate them, but being disabled doesn't mean you can put others safety at risk too. My mum doesn't square up to people or get closer to the risk she's scared of, she stops still until it's passed her, she shouldn't have to but the risk of a knock or a bump or worse isn't worth it.
Because my mother knows how unsteady she is on her feet and how easy it is for her to fall, she doesn't choose to walk close to the curb like this pedestrian was, she'd be as far to the inside as possible so that if she does fall, she reduces her chances of landing into the road and remaining on the pavement. She's as wary of falling under traffic as she is of unpredictable movements from passers by including children unsteady on scooters and bikes, or dog walkers who let their dogs jump up etc, this pedestrian managed to move sideways to get closer to the cyclist and put herself at greater risk as well as the cyclist.
People keep saying if the cyclist was a man the responses would be different, if it was an 11 year cycling home from school who either pedestrian caused to go into the road the responses would be different too and there's be very little defending pissing off to finish shopping. I don't think the age of the victim should matter, and I don't think being disabled means it shouldn't be manslaughter.