Bouncers Mistake Cerebral Palsy for Drunkenness

Bouncers Mistake Cerebral Palsy for Drunkenness
Matty Thompson claims that he was refused entry into a pub after the bouncers mistook his cerebral palsy for drunkenness and was then verbally abused.
Matty, 18, was out with his friends and sister Katie, 20, when the bouncers told them that Matty wasn’t allowed into the pub because he was drunk and couldn’t walk. Katie then explained that Matty has cerebral palsy which affects the way he walks, but the bouncers asked for a medical card to prove this and then continued to radio other pubs nearby to tell them not to let Matty in.
In an interview with the Mail Online, Matty’s mother Jenette Thompson said: 'I'm absolutely outraged. They just can't treat people with disabilities and learning difficulties like that and call him names.

'He was very upset about it. He told me he was called names. It's sheer ignorance on their part.'
In the same interview a spokesman for Scope, the national disability charity which focuses on cerebal palsy, said: 'A disabled person should not be denied access to any premises or facilities because they are disabled.

'Disabled people have the same right to go into pubs and clubs as anyone else.
'More needs to be done to get the public, and especially those who work in customer service, to truly understand and appreciate difference so that discrimination against disabled people becomes a thing of the past.'

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