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Imagine being dressed up for a night out with friends and being thrown out of a bar because your wheelchair is considered a fire hazard.

When 18-year-old Maddie Haining was ordered to leave a nightclub in the UK it prompted a wider discussion about disability and accessibility in different countries around the world.

Four wheelchair users - Maddie in the UK, Brian Muchiri in Kenya, Nadia Leila Carelse South Africa and Haleigh Rosa in the US - share some of the obstacles they have encountered when trying to socialise.

Their experiences range from drunks in bars grabbing their wheelchairs to people praying for them in public. Even a simple visit to the toilet can become a problem.

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Presenter: James Reynolds
麻豆社 producer: Ben Davis
Boffin Media producer: Sue Nelson
Editor: Harriet Oliver and Arja Haikonen

(Photo: Maddie Haining wearing a baseball cap drinkiing a green smootnie)