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To want to go and kick this man right up his ignorant arse

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OhDoAdmit · 09/11/2011 08:46

I am rushing off to work so sorry if this has been done.
I am also sorry for the DM link but they are rather good and this sort of story.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2058976/Future-mayor-sparks-outrage-saying-parents-using-disabled-children-planning-permission-huge-extensions.html#addComment

This man has made one of the crassest comments I have seen. He has epitomised the current demonisation of people with disabilities and actually taken it to a whole new level.

Now I realise that this thread will bring out a whole heap of 'my neighbour's cat's uncle had a blue badge and he ran a marathon last week' type of comments. But I will ignore them - thats is what the DM comments page is for.

Just a few thoughts before I go and work with families who are clearly raking it in from haveing a child with complex needs Hmm

Having adaptations to your home is unlikely to ADD value and will put most buyers off.
Looking after a child at home will save the tax payers at least 2k per week per child
People who have severely disabled children often have to give up work to provide care - yes even when the go to school full time. How does your boss like you taking a few hours off to take your child to the dentist? Well imagine having 3 appointments in one week, a month or two in hospital per year plus being called to the school on a weekly basis because of seizures, temperatures, falls and unexplained prolonged bouts of crying... Still think you could hold down a job?

This guy is a fucking knob.

I am angry

OP posts:
zebrafinch · 15/11/2011 07:01

It will be rare that a family with a child with complex needs move into a rural area. I would not consider moving to the countryside because we neeed to be near a hospital and need good road access in bad weather for an ambulance and the school bus to reach us. I know a lot of children with complex needs and we live in a town bordering a rural area and the only family I know who has a child with complex needs living actually out in the country is the daughter of a farmer. Should he not have built an extension for his child?? If the extension is out of all proportion to the need then yes it should be subject to planning scrutiny. However Creepy Man's comments go far beyond this and show a very deplorable attitude to families who have disabled child

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