STAND UP AND BE COUNTED AND STOP THE ATTACKS ON SN PARENTS

[4madboys]

ok NOT an aibu, but this is where it will be seen the most and it NEEDS awareness.

quite frankly, i along with others am appalled at the comments that are being made and left to stand, toward the SN community, they are downright offensive and quite simply appalling.

i am sure (or hope) that the majority on here do NOT agree with them but yet the SN community on mn are not being supported, whether this is because people do not know what to say, or they havent seen these posts i do not know?

BUT IT IS ABOUT TIME THAT THINGS CHANGED, so this a thread where you can stand up and be counted and say that you do not agree with the disregard, blatant trolling and offensive behaviour towards our lovely mn who have or are dealing with sn in their family.

they need this place for support, not the vile behaviour that they are getting.

so please post here and show your support and help make a change for the better.

all it takes is a smile next to your name to show you agree :)

[Itsjustafleshwound]

I support any cause that is against those posters who make it their business to upset others.

I just think that with a certain element on MN - sometimes having your own board/thread almost encourages the loons to be 'controversial' ...

It doesn't necessarily stop with those with SN - they just might be the easiest ones to 'find' and easy to stir.

[NormaStanleyFletcher]

Will try to do more to challenge when I see.

[BahHumPug]

:)

[TheOriginalNutcracker]

[MadamTwoSwords]

[4madboys]

it wasnt mnhq 'job' to get involved in the let girls be girls campaign over clothes etc but they did, and tbh most parents are quite able to chose to buy reasonable clothes for their children (boy or girl) without the help of mn.

yes this is an issue that is going on and on, so why cant they make it their 'job' mn is a parenting board to offer help, support, advice and to educate, i dont see why mnhq cannot do that on this issue, it wouldnt take much just a short statement to say that they dont agree with a post and whilst they will not delete it they would like to direct the poster to somewhere where they can educate themselves. rather than leaving it up to the same few posters.

[5inthebed]

[Peachy]

Psammead I may be wrong but I think MN declined to delete

'It doesn't necessarily stop with those with SN - they just might be the easiest ones to 'find' and easy to stir.


possibly true


Also, we tend to overlap more into other controversial areas ATM- no reason why benefits threads should descend into a racist or homophobic rant (though they do tend to go racist on Yahoo, if anyone's ever read their comments- makes MN look like a sanctuary tbh). And the media is being very anti benefits atm for obvious reasons, and there's little question that briefing aginst disabled is taking place alongside changes to DLA / hiring of ATOS to get it all through.

[Peachy]

If theya ctually want to ecuate people to do it formally.

I'm one reseacrh paper away from an MA Autism; I would happily write a well referenced introduction to ASD for them to be able to link to (heck, i'll even check for typos )

Plenty of others able to do same if asked.

[MigratingCoconuts]

[GodKeepsGiving]

[4madboys]

peachy, you shouldnt have to, but lets hope mnhq take you up on that offer and start to use links like that, i really dont see why they wont?

and peachy your ds4 is the same age as my ds4 i think we were on a preg thread together, i was 3madboys. i remember you :)

[LetThereBeRock]

It's not entirely down to a lack of education,though I do agree that it is very important to educate the general population about disabilities from a young age,and more should be done to facilitate this.

There are a lot of people out there who resent the so called 'perks' that those with disabilities receive e.g blue badges,fast passes in theme parks,travel passes etc. No amount of education will change their minds. They loathe and despise disabled people.They resent having to interact with them at all in any way.
I've seen several examples of this on MN. This attitude that those with special needs simply shouldn't go out in public.

[Peachy]

Of course I remember you well 4madboys. And it's nice to see you about agin.

[Peachy]

True LetThereBe but once weve made the info readilya ccessible we can then work out the ones oyu mean?

Of course I and most Sn posters could no doubt provide a list but we couldn't prove it.

And now must leave as I have to locate Buddha's head. I wish that was not a common occurence in my home but it is. Thank goodness the newest one is amde of brass (£2 car boot sale, bargain!)

[4madboys]

thanks peachy :)

and letthereberock no you are right some people are simply offensive and seem to like being so, perhaps we could have a seperate link for them...

'how not to be such an ignorant and offensive ...insertnameofchoice'

[4madboys]

peachy i disappeared after i had ds4 as i got pnp and spent time in hospital and a year getting 'well' fine now tho and have a 9mth old dd! that WAS a shock

[Voidka]

:)

[Thumbwitch]

:) here too.

[HughJarseJr]

quite frankly, i along with others am appalled at the comments that are being made and left to stand, toward the SN community, they are downright offensive and quite simply appalling.

where? ihavent seen any? what are they?

[MillyR]

I think there is a lot of prejudice of all sorts of MN. It makes me feel quite fearful of society and where it could end up.

But I don't think racism is dealt with more effectively than prejudice against people with special needs.

[MmeLindor.]

IMO the comments should not be deleted, unless they are truly beyond the pale - by which I mean, if a person were to use there comments in RL, would they be breaking the law - whether racist or disabilist comments.

It is a fine line for MNHQ to walk though. Too many deletions and people complain. Too few and people complain.

What needs to be done, is talk more to the posters on the SN board and bring the deletion policies in line with other offensive comments.

And I can see why some posters get fed up explaining the same things over and over again. So this could be where we, the parents to NT children, stand up and be counted.

[heleninahandcart]

[MsGee]

just marking my support. Saddens me that it's necessary - but it is.