EastEnders fans praise soap for raising disability awareness

Viewers took to social media following Kim and Donna’s argument

EastEnders Kim Fox and Donna Yates argue

by Francesca Battson |
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Yesterday (27 September) EastEnders fans watched as Kim Fox and her sister-in-law Donna Yates argued over whether it was right to use another person’s blue badge when you don’t have a disability.

In the soap, Kim (Tameka Empson) revealed that she had recently been stealing Donna’s blue badge from her car so she could use the disabled parking bays whilst out shopping.

Donna (Lisa Hammond) was quick to explain why her foster brother’s wife was in the wrong, saying: “Do you wanna spend a day in my chair?

“See what it’s like not to be able to go because some stupid cow’s in there, because it’s got more space for her shopping?

EastEnders Kim Fox and Donna Yates argue
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She continued: “Do you wanna have someone drive you around trying to find a parking space - and then eventually when you do find one, it’s so far from the shops that it ain’t worth it anyway?

“All because the space you were supposed to be able to park in is being used by some idiot woman with a stolen badge.”

After receiving disapproving looks from everyone on the market watching on, Kim apologised and handed back Donna’s badge.

And viewers flocked to Twitter to praise Donna and the soap writers for the storyline:

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