Tag: disability rights
Thinking Of Us All – Disability Day of Mourning
Society does not treat disabled people with the compassion, respect or listening ear with which it treats our abusers.
#DoctorsAreDickheads isn’t attacking the NHS – it’s giving it an opportunity
These hashtags should not be seen as harmful to the NHS. Instead, they should be seen as an opportunity to listen to patients, listen to disability activists, and instigate reform that could change the NHS for the better.
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‘The Paralympics Paradox’ – how it hurts disabled people
In an age where cuts to support are justified by shifting the goalposts of ‘need’ , the Paralympics are held up as an example of what all disabled people ‘could’ achieve with a little bit of spunk and a can-do attitude.
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‘Autistic’ Is Not An Insult
I will not stand by and watch the bastardisation of a word that is part of my very definition.