Before I lost the use of my legs – I had the bad luck to sustain a spinal abscess and am now in a wheelchair – at the end of last year, I’d never given much thought to disabled people.
... it seems that as society becomes more solicitous of those with Mental Elf problems, the less it seems to care about the legions of disabled, blind and otherwise physically afflicted to the point where what are the simplest actions for the able are a struggle for us. I hate the way it takes so much effort to keep things – myself included – clean, and have already been led a merry dance by the vacuum cleaner.
But we keep buggering on. While self-pity among the able-bodied appears to be on the rise, what with the huge number of idle working-age people complaining of “anxiety” and “stress”, from what I’ve seen, it’s rare among the physically disabled. I’ve been paying tax since I was 17 and I still do. I plan to keep working – and paying tax – until I drop down dead, something many thousands of able-bodied people certainly can’t say.
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https://inews.co.uk/opinion/im-now-disabled-its-made-me-more-determined-to-work-than-ever-3691604?srsltid=AfmBOopPTiaf7oBA7BHJpACokZHmxsU14pzWO-wvcXMzwUestoXWhwq
(wasn't sure about starting a new thread, but hope some FWRers will see this. She is more upbeat than I would be!)
https://archive.is/aZ67r