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Category Archives: Empathy
The creativity of disability
Back in the early 90s, my advertising agency made a film for a disability charity (that sadly never saw the light of day). I just unearthed it. It demonstrates wonderfully the creativity that so many disabled people are capable of, because … Continue reading
Posted in Empathy, Ingenuity, Persistence
Tagged attitude, attitudes, change attitudes, changing attitudes, disability, empathy, overturning stereotypes
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The third sex
I went to a new GP today. The appointment was a long one, as I recounted my not inconsiderable medical history. The conversation was a bit stilted. As a result, the thirty minutes seemed like sixty. It surprised me that … Continue reading
Why I harp on about parking
Like many disabled people, I may sound like a stuck record, going on and on about parking. The reason I do is because not being able to park near where you’re going has a huge direct, and often indirect, impact … Continue reading
Is this the only time you put yourself in our place?
Yes, maybe it is a controversial question. It clearly isn’t true of the majority. But I pose it, in order to make a serious point. Wherever you are on this planet, as a disabled person, your quality of life is … Continue reading
Disabled people – cheats, scroungers and skivers
Here is an article that appeared in the UK’s Observer newspaper on 4th December, the day after the annual International Day of People with Disability http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/dec/04/ian-birrell-prejudice-against-disabled It talks about the depressingly widespread “demonization” of disabled people – and a climate … Continue reading
Posted in Changing attitudes, Empathy, Inclusion
Tagged attitudes, austerity, changing attitudes, cheat, inclusion, inclusive, marginalised, public attitudes, recession, scrounger, skiver
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The cost of bureaucracy
As I said in my last blog entry, I was due to contest a parking ticket that I was disputing, and which I expected to win. My date with the adjudicator was last week. I came out of the hearing … Continue reading
Parking row illustrates a wider need to change attitudes.
Next month, I will be spending an afternoon at the magistrates’ court contesting a parking ticket I received a few months ago from Islington Council. I fully expect to win. For me the issue is not really the fact that … Continue reading
Cinema owners, shame on you.
Last week, I went to my local Vue cinema to see True Grit. My jaw dropped to the ground when I was asked by an eager young girl for a Cinema Exhibitors Association card, as proof of entitlement to a … Continue reading
Posted in Access, Changing attitudes, Empathy, Inclusion
Tagged access, accessible, attitudes, changing attitudes, cinema, companion, disability, empathy, inclusion, inclusive, publicity, vue, wheelchair, wheelchairs
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EPLC Pocklington – Hull – Scunthorpe – Lincoln – rest day: ‘Empathy’
During the stay at our hotel in Lincoln, an episode occurred that perfectly underscores many of the reasons why some disabled people still feel excluded from mainstream society and why they think that there is still some distance to go … Continue reading
