Whatever your political persuasion right now - Thank God for the Guardian - here is an article they have published of personal accounts of the disabled, their carers and their 'help' from the state.
It's not the Daily Mail but if you read the comments there is no talk of scroungers, the underclass, fraud or 3km flat screen telly's. There (so far) isn't even one mention of the word BRAVE! We need more of this in the mainstream media - personal accounts will help peel back the propaganda that's currently being used to beat us with.
I have seen more of the disability blogs referred to recently as well - we have to make a dint eventually. I can't bear to think about what will happen if we don't. It's like everyone is being downgraded in terms of how affected they are by their disability - unfortunately changing the language or the goal posts doesn't actually change the barriers faced or the level of pain (physical or mental) a person feels.
I was going to post sooner - but my elbow decided to refuse to stay in the socket and so I've been unable to type very much for the last couple of days. It's not back in yet - but it's better than it was enough to write this. Hope to be back at this again soon.
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