Do you use a wheelchair on public transport?

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Scenario 1:

My friend's autistic DS is in a major buggy cos he can't be trusted near roads - that's the only reason. He has no mobility problems and is very calm, he doesn't have meltdowns. When the bus came there were buggies with asleep toddlers. Driver said it was first come first served and she would have to fold it. She explained she couldn't get him out near the road and he said she could wheel the pushchair on the bus so her DS was safe but she would still have to fold it.

Do you think that's OK?

Scenario 2:

Man on a train with non-walking tall and heavy 7 or 8 year old in a maclaren major. Child can be prone to terrible meltdowns and can be very violent. If he is moved or has to sit on your lap when he doesn't want to be he kicks, screams and struggles. Train is full so he would have had to. Wheelchair is turned away cos space is being used by the major.

Should man have folded major so the wheelchair could get on?

roundthebend If you don't book, don't you worry that you might get on a train and then have to get off cos another wheelchair has booked to get on further down the line?

Between my local and Cambridge or London there trains without wheelchair spaces so you go in the door bits so always somewhere luckily once in I tend lift ds to sit in seat less only going few stops.it's non booksble for spaces as none so only thing you can book is the ramps

Longer journeys of on great western I do tend to book the space
.Though find very few people with wheelchairs seem to travel by train

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OK, so if the wheelchair had booked but the Major had got on first should the Major fold for the wheelchair?

What about if neither had booked?