Monthly Archives: September 2011

Thousands of disabled people suffer abuse on a daily basis

‘Hate crime’ fear for York’s disabled

9:19am Tuesday 13th September 2011

A DISABILITY campaigner from York has spoken out after a national report said thousands of disabled people were suffering abuse on a daily basis.

The inquiry, entitled Hidden In Plain Sight, was carried out by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), and looked at reports from police forces, schools and public transport operators around the country to find out the scale of daily harassment.

Spat at every day

The report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), is the most detailed study yet into abuse faced by disabled people.
 
Posted at September 12, 2011 | By : donald

A major report, Hidden in Plain Sight, has just been published which has highlighted the daily hell which many people endure by being disabled in Britain today.
The report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), is the most detailed study yet into abuse faced by disabled people. The Report interviewed over 350 individuals and dozens of police and local authority officers.

Still Nursing At 90 from Nevada!

Still Nursing At 90

 

(This story was taken from NurseTogether contributor Sue Heacock’s book Inspiring the Inspirational: Words of Hope from Nurses to Nurses“.)

 

The other night, my husband and I were watching television when someone on a commercial stated something about retiring at age 90. I didn’t hear the rest of the dialogue because I was rolling on the floor and laughing too hard at the visual images I was getting of my own future. As a baby boomer that is not independently wealthy, I fully expect that the words, “I’m retired” will not be coming from my lips in this lifetime.