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Former Paralympian Baroness Grey-Thompson has revealed to Channel 4 News that she recently had to crawl off a train unassisted, prompting the question of whether Britain does enough to assist the disabled.

In an interview with Channel 4, Baroness Grey-Thompson described an "element of fear" in many of the country's disabled when using public transport.

A recent incident resulted in Grey-Thompson having to get out of her wheelchair, throw her chair off the train and crawl off herself.

"I'm ok because I can do that - but there's an awful lot of people who can't do that," Grey-Thompson said.

"And you can't rely on having someone travelling with you - because actually, why as a disabled person should you have someone travelling with you – or relying on a booking system that mostly works, but a lot of disabled people are very reluctant to use trains, because you can't guarantee you'll be met at the other end every time."

With the 2012 Paralympics only months away, equality for the disabled will come to the forefront of discussion and Grey-Thompson's revelations only add to an impression of a lack of provisions for the handicapped population on transport

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