tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233625.post3530859739400228032..comments2023-08-17T14:11:19.206+01:00Comments on Lisybabe's Blog: ♫...London calling? Yes, I was there too...♫Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16714918894319998184noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233625.post-73096505087506936302011-02-22T19:06:24.458+00:002011-02-22T19:06:24.458+00:00Hi
I was also at the Progressive London Conference...Hi<br />I was also at the Progressive London Conference and was also frustrated disability issues didn't get much of an airing. There is more than meets the eye to the welfare cuts the Government is proposing, and we need the mainstream media, blogs and of course conferences to discuss these issues. I have recently authored a report for RNIB looking at why disabled people are in an uneviable position now welfare cuts are being introduced at the same time as cuts to public services. <br />Andrew KayeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233625.post-58318669757533602442011-02-21T09:10:30.084+00:002011-02-21T09:10:30.084+00:00People with disabilities are used to being told wh...People with disabilities are used to being told what to do and what to say. This needs to change, people with disabilities should not be grateful for The support that they receive, it should be a part of basic human rights.<br /><br />People with disabilities need to take action in whatever way they can and not just sit back and take it.Carl Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12234405899028346311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233625.post-25691516794293130792011-02-20T18:21:13.827+00:002011-02-20T18:21:13.827+00:00Hi Lisa,
Difficult one to explain.
It may be th...Hi Lisa, <br />Difficult one to explain.<br /> <br />It may be that disabled people and chronically-ill people are not perceived as a bloc but instead as a number of discrete individuals or as being from all walks of life and all groups?<br /> <br />It may be that the able-bodied want to be in denial of disability, lest it should happen to them (it MAY happen to them, and they'd rather not face that possibility). <br /><br />Whatever the reason, it's wrong!Philnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233625.post-60272101377429274162011-02-20T17:44:15.066+00:002011-02-20T17:44:15.066+00:00Except that's not true: About the size of the ...Except that's not true: About the size of the minority at least.<br /><br />Between 3% and 10% of the population are gay. Around 18% of the population are disabled.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16714918894319998184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233625.post-66302763531472841592011-02-20T17:39:31.178+00:002011-02-20T17:39:31.178+00:00The disabled are a small minority, that's why ...The disabled are a small minority, that's why they have no political appeal.<br /><br />BBBill Krusehttp://www.kruse.co.uknoreply@blogger.com