Nobody is actually talking about disabled people, carers and their concerns at all even in things that do effect us such as education, health care, welfare and transportation which are things we are discriminated in such as 'shared space schemes' that pit blind people against cars getting across roads where tactile paving and crossings are being removed in the belief that by confronting pedestrians against road traffic traffic flows better and that there are less accidents. That's also no good if like me you have good vision but the inability to see and react to oncoming traffic having no idea of traffic speed and prone to just dashing across regardless, often having near misses.
The vexed question of disability benefits, assessments that are widely regarded as joke and wildly inaccurate and managing the welfare of those of us with long term severe disabilities is again not being talked about but do you know who is?
The Hard Worker. What I'd give to be even darn well able to be her so she can be helped out financially followed by The Pensioner whose pensions went up more than any group of people in society not that I'd begrudge ensuring the old are well cared for, far from it actually.
Then there's carers, the people who look after some of us who may be typically older parents or others who do more than make us a cup of tea and do help us with everyday living supervising and assisting us. We need a flexible care system to help us be independent within our limitations so we can everyday things like go out to places at regular times even if for some of us social activities may be better organized within groups.
It's all this conversation we're not having because our politicians are ignoring us which is so annoying because we are voters too that annoys me so much.
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