Graeme1988
Hie yer hence from me heath!
Righty oh! Here we f**kin' go! Lets git tore intae it...
^ Ah purchased this book from Amazon in early 2012 - near the beginning of that year - fully aware that it's wuz gonnae be a pleasant, easy and comfortable read. Considerin' the title ye kinda know whit yer in fur. But, sadly tae say, ah huv'nae read it. Why's that, Graeme? Ah'll tell ye...
The reason ah huv'nae read that book is because ma oldest sister telt me no' tae do so. Her exact words were:
^ Ah, the fear of enlightenment - great innit? A perfectly valid point tae raise. Why exactly is society failing disabled people? But naw! We dinnae want physically disabled people being reminded how they're treated. Let alone, empower them tae change things for the better, socially. Because tae change summit ye actually huv do summit aboot it. But, generally speakin', we don't because... Oh look - the X-Factor's on the telly! Yay!
Anyway, ah digress... So, by "other people", ah assume ma sister meant yer politicians, Neo-Nazi, yer chavs, NEDS and anybuddy else who thinks "trival" is a "big word". Ma definitely of "other people" is simplistic, really. Ye want tae hear it? Aye, ye dae... And here it is (drum roll): "Other people are people who aren't you" Ah mean, she got some f**kin' nerve, considerin' the joke she thought would be appropriate tae say tae me during the 2009 Edinburgh Fringe Festival - but ah'll git tae that, later.
Kinda difficult fur me tae talk aboot the subject of disability. Mainly because ma experience isnae one of those made-for-TV triumph over adversity stories like ye see on the Hall channel. And, ah've kinda bin spiral downward in terms of ma mobility since ah wuz 12. So y'know... Hardly a happy story.
Plus, school was a effin' nightmare fur me, personally, fae primary tae secondary. Lookin' back on it, ah firmly believe that some disabled kids should be educated in a mainstream enviroment. And some shouldnae, especially if they stand out in terms of the physically disability, like me. That might seem a bit unfair. But, surely, if your a parent with a disabled child and that kids gettin' bullied quite unmercifully fae the moment he walks through the school gates, durin' the first school interval and huvin' verbal abuse shouted at 'em at the end o' the school day. Personally, ah'd opt for put them with other disabled pupils. So, if nuthin' else, a disabled child will'nae stand out. And they wouldnae feel as alone or out place. Jist a thought...
Ah mean, attitude's toward disability are slowly changing. But ah feel if we didnae dance around certain issues related too it. What a disabled person can and can't do. And, when it comes tae the topic of sex, if the automatic assumptions of gay, straight, lesbian, asexual could just stop altogether - that'd be great. And on a related note, able-bodied people approachin' a wheelchair user in a pub and askin' outright whether or not they can actually have sex is... Kinda rude, and extremely c*nty, if ye ask me.
Also, losin' the f**kin' "lazy, thieving basturds!" rhetoric would help greatly in the progress towards a better society. Because not every disabled person on disability is tryin' tae scam the system. Aye, sure some are chancin' their luck, but not the majority.
And one final point... Stop talkin' tae disabled people in a patronising manner. Just because I'm in a wheelchair and you need tae lean down tae get at ma eye level doesnae mean ye huv talk tae me like ah'm thick, okay? And if ye see me career down the street in ma electric wheelchair... F**kin' move! Coz ah'm no' stop fur ye!
Awright, that's ma thoughts on that issue. Ah hope youse aw understood ma Scotch accent an' point ah wuz attemptin' tae make, aye?
^ Ah purchased this book from Amazon in early 2012 - near the beginning of that year - fully aware that it's wuz gonnae be a pleasant, easy and comfortable read. Considerin' the title ye kinda know whit yer in fur. But, sadly tae say, ah huv'nae read it. Why's that, Graeme? Ah'll tell ye...
The reason ah huv'nae read that book is because ma oldest sister telt me no' tae do so. Her exact words were:
"You shouldnae be read that book! Other people should be reading it. They're the ones who need tae change."
^ Ah, the fear of enlightenment - great innit? A perfectly valid point tae raise. Why exactly is society failing disabled people? But naw! We dinnae want physically disabled people being reminded how they're treated. Let alone, empower them tae change things for the better, socially. Because tae change summit ye actually huv do summit aboot it. But, generally speakin', we don't because... Oh look - the X-Factor's on the telly! Yay!
Anyway, ah digress... So, by "other people", ah assume ma sister meant yer politicians, Neo-Nazi, yer chavs, NEDS and anybuddy else who thinks "trival" is a "big word". Ma definitely of "other people" is simplistic, really. Ye want tae hear it? Aye, ye dae... And here it is (drum roll): "Other people are people who aren't you" Ah mean, she got some f**kin' nerve, considerin' the joke she thought would be appropriate tae say tae me during the 2009 Edinburgh Fringe Festival - but ah'll git tae that, later.
Kinda difficult fur me tae talk aboot the subject of disability. Mainly because ma experience isnae one of those made-for-TV triumph over adversity stories like ye see on the Hall channel. And, ah've kinda bin spiral downward in terms of ma mobility since ah wuz 12. So y'know... Hardly a happy story.
Plus, school was a effin' nightmare fur me, personally, fae primary tae secondary. Lookin' back on it, ah firmly believe that some disabled kids should be educated in a mainstream enviroment. And some shouldnae, especially if they stand out in terms of the physically disability, like me. That might seem a bit unfair. But, surely, if your a parent with a disabled child and that kids gettin' bullied quite unmercifully fae the moment he walks through the school gates, durin' the first school interval and huvin' verbal abuse shouted at 'em at the end o' the school day. Personally, ah'd opt for put them with other disabled pupils. So, if nuthin' else, a disabled child will'nae stand out. And they wouldnae feel as alone or out place. Jist a thought...
Ah mean, attitude's toward disability are slowly changing. But ah feel if we didnae dance around certain issues related too it. What a disabled person can and can't do. And, when it comes tae the topic of sex, if the automatic assumptions of gay, straight, lesbian, asexual could just stop altogether - that'd be great. And on a related note, able-bodied people approachin' a wheelchair user in a pub and askin' outright whether or not they can actually have sex is... Kinda rude, and extremely c*nty, if ye ask me.
Also, losin' the f**kin' "lazy, thieving basturds!" rhetoric would help greatly in the progress towards a better society. Because not every disabled person on disability is tryin' tae scam the system. Aye, sure some are chancin' their luck, but not the majority.
And one final point... Stop talkin' tae disabled people in a patronising manner. Just because I'm in a wheelchair and you need tae lean down tae get at ma eye level doesnae mean ye huv talk tae me like ah'm thick, okay? And if ye see me career down the street in ma electric wheelchair... F**kin' move! Coz ah'm no' stop fur ye!
Awright, that's ma thoughts on that issue. Ah hope youse aw understood ma Scotch accent an' point ah wuz attemptin' tae make, aye?
