Monthly Archives: December 2011
We mustn’t let the iBot follow Concorde onto the scrapheap
The iBot is a miracle piece of technology that leaves most people in awe when they see it. When it turns transformer-like from a standard wheelchair into a machine on two wheels at standing level, or when it climbs an … Continue reading
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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
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Tagged attitudes, austerity, changing attitudes, cheat, inclusion, inclusive, marginalised, public attitudes, recession, scrounger, skiver
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