Writer, editor, baker. Kristina or Krissy for short. Owner of a Siberian Husky called Merlin. Girlfriend of three years. Excessive rambler.
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Comments: I just found this article on the Guardian website, and it really pissed me off. The part that really got me was the last part:
“When there’s a bad article in the press, the next day you think, ‘Do I really need to go out of the house?’ We’re being forced back into the attic, locked away from society.”
Fazilet Hadi, head of inclusion for the RNIB, said she also felt the tone was set by ministers: “I think they should be more careful. At the moment it feels like the government is not on the side of disabled people. Most people don’t have that much exposure to disabled people. They don’t see us in the lifestyle pages, they don’t see us in the fashion pages. The only reference they see is in these stories. And that’s why the language is so important.”
It’s true...
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