The Paralympics have proved to be a great success despite initial fears and congratulations to all the Paralympians returning from Rio today.
As the Paralympics has focused attention on perceptions of disability, Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) have produced a Paralympics Guide to Disabled People for non-disabled people“Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC)”:http://dpac.uk.net/ have produced a Paralympics Guide to Disabled People for non-disabled people.
The guide covers everything from ‘Disabled People and the Social Model,’ to ‘Recommended ways to talk about disabled people and disability issues,’ and ‘Things to avoid saying or writing.’
The guide makes the point that disabled people are about as diverse a group as you can imagine, with people from all different colours, creeds ,cultures and interests before going on to say that disabled people only have one thing in common – that we are…… disabled people. Other than that, we aren’t any different, we aren’t special, we aren’t less.
“We are parents, partners, neighbours, friends, work colleagues, sons and daughters. Our lives aren’t much different than most people’s – except when barriers created by society, institutions and attitudes make our lives more difficult than they need to be.”
To read the full story and to see the Paralympic Guide to Disabled People for Non-Disabled People, click here.
