Yes, I want to play my part.
I have just been reading an excellent blog, written by Labour Peer, Dame Anne Begg, about disabled people and politics.
28 Oct 2015
I have just been reading an excellent blog, written by Labour Peer, Dame Anne Begg, about disabled people and politics.
Stigma is when people have negative ideas, perceptions or beliefs around a condition or a person's identity that aren't based on fact.
Yesterday evening, when doing my usual surf through the innumerable posts on Twitter, I spotted one which posed a question that made me think.
A leading member of the self-advocacy movement has called on peers to investigate huge apparent cuts to in-work support for people with learning difficulties.
"[£200,000] is what this person suffering from a hereditary defect costs the People's community during his lifetime. Fellow citizen, that is your money too."
This year sees the twentieth anniversary of the seminal Disability Discrimination Act (1995), reflecting the progress society has made in understanding the lives of disabled people and safeguarding their rights.