So as a disabled person i have noticed a HUGE change in the way people have treated me over the past few weeks. The only thing i can think of is the paralympics.
So has you or someone you know _iews and attitudes changed towards disabled people since the spectacular paralympic games? |
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Just hope the government keep up the momentum in the cold dark months ahead.
I used to help out as a volunteer on a Sunday many moons ago with disabled people just doing simple things like table tennis, board games, etc and each and everyone of them enjoyed it immensely but sadly cutbacks and tightening the purse strings always effect the people that need it most. |
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By *iewMan
over a year ago
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No, i sat on the diversity board of a blue chip company and saw first hand the advanced problem solving skills my disabled colleagues had to utilise just to get to work...
they always had my utmost respect, always will.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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no as i have worked repairing equipment for disabled folk for many years i already know how .
Just like "normal people" you they are only mostly with more detemination to live life to the full.
Tho the guy i have known for 15 year was rude to me when i told him i had entered him in the wheelchiar diving in rio in 4 years time .
Yes disabled folk luagh too
amazing i know but just remember 1 thing if you ever have to talk to a person in a wheelchair drop down so you look them eye to eye instead of looking down on them .
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Not at all always treat everyone with the same respect and as has said before disabled people have more to stugggle with in everyday life than an able bodied person and thats got to be admired.
One of my friends daughter has a disability and at one point we all thought she would stay with her parents for the rest of her life but she is now living independantly and had a great social life, she now has a boyfriend and a son who she deals with brilliantly so thats got to be admired.  |
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By *eatherWoman
over a year ago
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i allways treat everyone the same.Im my varied working lifewith people have have met abled and disabled .Loved working with them all.And allways remember it takes one small trip or one samll fall or accident and u to could be classed as disabled.You know sumfin i hate that word  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I have an older disabled brother, and have grown up with the prejudices that have surrounded him,I have always treated people with the same respect in all walks of life and degree's of disability...I have nothing but praise for the paralympics,and hoped that people would see and understand that people with all forms of disability are human beings like them selves, and so glad to see that it's working....but sad to say there will always be a few sad, self indulged bigoted people....xx |
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My attitude has always been the same - i had friends when i grew up that were disabled, my mum taught disabled kids - mentally and physically, but to me they are just the same. Prob is people are not always around them so feel they are different and dont know how to act. I noticed this first hand while carering for my dad - in his wheelchair ppl would ask me if he was ok instead of asking him etc. But on the whole if you know someone or have been around someone you treat them the same as they are the same just cause they a disablity that we can see dont make them any diff. Many ppl have problems in other ways which we just dont see that is all. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Well I'll admit that i was one of those people who didn't have any time for the disabled but i'm also happy to admit that my eyes have been opened well and truely over the past few weeks so i guess in my case my attitudes have changed |
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My outlook has always been that the very term "disabled" is unwittingly used out of context and becomes a discriminatory label because it almost implies imperfection. Put another way - think suffrage or apartheid. Society created such classes and so it is with "disabled". We are all human and none of us is perfect. For me the South Korean flag symbols sun it up nicely. Strong protect the strong; strong protect the weak; weak protect the weak; weak protect the strong. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I do say say respect given respect earned xx I spent the day as a wheelchair bound person to raise money for charity and it opened my eyes to the difficulties and prejudice disabled people face on a daily basis. I in turn always offer a helping hand to someone who may be in a difficult position. The Paralympics has shown how people with a disability are just as much valued in society as those without. |
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