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Hello, I'm James Reynolds.
Welcome to the documentary from the BBC World Service.
In BBC Conversations, we bring people together to share their experiences.
This time, we get a glimpse of what it's like to socialise when you're in a wheelchair.
Imagine how you 'd feel on an evening out with friends in a nightclub when,
after only five minutes, you 're asked in front of everyone there to leave.
This happened to 18-year-old Maddy recently in Manchester, here in the UK.
Her experience was captured on social media.
The club, which has since apologised, initially said it was because her wheelchair was a safety hazard.
It's all prompted a larger conversation about disability and accessibility.
We decided to hear then from four wheelchair users across the world about their experiences when out socialising.
We have Brian Muchiri in Kenya's Rift Valley, Nadia Leila Karelsi in Johannesburg, South Africa,
Hayley Rosa is in Florida in the US, plus Maddy herself in the UK,
and she began by explaining how she felt when she was thrown out of the club.
People can be quite nosy and when something's going on, everybody has a look over and tries to find out what's going on.