New MN campaign around children with special needs

[RowanMumsnet]

Hello

Following on from this, um, lively thread from a couple of weeks back, we wanted to follow up on kungfupannda's excellent suggestion of an MNHQ-backed awareness-raising campaign aimed at - in kungfupannda's words - 'making it absolutely, uncompromisingly clear that in order to fully include children with severe disabilities, people might have to accept a bit of disruption once in a while.'

We were thinking about something along the lines of our We Believe You campaign on rape myths; that is to say, an ongoing awareness-raising project aimed at the general public, rather than a short-term campaign with specific policy requests attached. We would be thinking about pages on Mumsnet itself featuring the experiences of our posters, activity on our Bloggers Network, ye olde Twitter hashtagge, and any press coverage we can grab.

The suggestion on the thread was for the campaign to be called 'Tolerance is...', but we at MNHQ are a little unsure about the word 'tolerance' (which can suggest barely-contained irritation, rather than the kind of empathetic understanding and generosity of spirit we'd all like to see). So we were wondering whether something along the lines of 'This is my child' would work better?

Please feel free to use this thread to give us any feedback and ideas, and generally let us know what you think.

Thanks
MNHQ

Holland: The Sequel

It gets worse........

I hate that poem with a passion. My son's HT told me all about how a parent wrote this lovely poem all about Holland and read it out in assembly. DH and I exchanged glances.....

OMFG! That's the campaign right there.

Disability. Get used to it. We aren't in bloody Holland any more.

Hell NO! We won't go! (to Holland)

Return from Holland!!!!

LOL

Ugh. That was dreadful.

Jesus, I feel quite nauseous.

Or it's like the end of Spartacus MrsDeVere?

'I am Holland.'
'No, I am Holland.'
No, I AM Holland.'

I can't help wondering what the people of Holland think about it

I should imagine they hate being the consolation prize for a bunch of people wanting to go to Italy.

Has anyone seen 'welcome to Beirut'? Much better...

My DH got diverted to Iceland once.
It was fine, he stayed in a really nice hotel then went on his way the next morning.

for one moment I thought you meant the shop, Wilson. I was trying to imagine a 'welcome to Lidl's' version......

'what do you mean Lidl?! I signed up for Waitrose!...'

Oh Hazey that's brilliant!
You planned to go to Waitrose
But your bus got diverted to Lidl
It's different there
There's only one brand name
But I am here, for you, in Lidl
Lidl will hold your hand.

OK I am stopping now I promise

Wilson and Hazey. A perfect collaborative effort. Love it!

I.Am.Lidl

I'm crying with laughter at I.Am.Lidl

I prefer delivery. I booked an ocado delivery, ASDA turned up with 'almost' what I ordered including most interesting substitutions, but hey, sausages are good when you wanted tampons!!

The lights are brighter here
You have to do your own packing.
There is no quinoa.
But you can feed yourself for ever for £5.50
The concept of partners does not exist (but let's face it, you better get used to that, pal)
But there is often bargainous cheese.
And we are here, in Lidl.
I am here too.
I. Am. Lidl.