In St. Petersburg, known to the programmer and public figure Ivan Bakhitova refused to travel in a taxi. A young man with cerebral palsy, and when the taxi driver saw him, I refused to take. About this situation Ivan himself told on his page on the social network.
Ivan was out of town with friends, call a taxi through the app. Further, according to Bakhitova when the taxi driver saw it, refused to take no special support.
“I Turned around and left we had to cancel the trip, wrote off the money,” says Ivan.
another taxi, the young man was more fortunate, and he quietly drove to the house.
“neither I Nor my parents don’t infer that I should stay at home not to use taxis and not to trust people. We did not, as my desocialization is already impossible. But there are people who still make a decision about whether their child with special features to live in society. And the worst thing is, if such a history is taken the terrible decision to hide the child,” commented Bacalov this situation.
Now the taxi company launched an investigation of the incident and Bakhitova.
Ivan Bakaev one of the most famous programmers of Petersburg. He has cerebral palsy and several other diseases. John rides in a wheelchair, hardly spoke. While he’s at school develops programs that enable people with disabilities to socialize. Ivan prints at a speed greater than 100 characters per minute, communicating through applications, trying to lead an independent life. He spoke at the UN, is the face of a number of large companies, conducts active public work, whose main goal is to show that even the most serious diagnosis in an era of high technology cannot be an obstacle for a person on the path of self-realization.
