Jealousy of Motability car

Indie_Kid

On the flip side, I've had people treat me as a complete invalid. Heck, I even had someone talk very slowly to me because I told her I'm partially sighted!

nannytone_2

ive never had that.
the receptionist at the dentists once told my PA to 'sit her down'...
that isnt a mistake she's repeated

ingey.uk

Indie_Kid wrote: »

On the flip side, I've had people treat me as a complete invalid. Heck, I even had someone talk very slowly to me because I told her I'm partially sighted!

My wife is 35 and has double partial amputations of the feet with fusion in both ankles so can only walk a few steps.....
We bought a Mobility scooter for my wife which makes life a lot easier for both of us .......
When she was in her wheelchair before we had the scooter some old man commented on how pretty my wife was (nice I thought) then asked what form of "RETARDATION" did she suffer from :mad:

dori2o

ingey.uk wrote: »

My wife is 35 and has double partial amputations of the feet with fusion in both ankles so can only walk a few steps.....
We bought a Mobility scooter for my wife which makes life a lot easier for both of us .......
When she was in her wheelchair before we had the scooter some old man commented on how pretty my wife was (nice I thought) then asked what form of "RETARDATION" did she suffer from :mad:

Unfortunately it's becoming more and more acceptable to treat disabled people as they were treated 30/40/50 years ago, and it is this Government that has led the way in not only reducing the rights of disabled people, but also in providing the disgusting language that is sued to describe people with disabilities.

Terms such as scrounger, f**kless, lazy, faker have been used by some of the most powerful people in the country, and unfortunately many of the weak minded and those who have historic personal prejudice have been taken in by the Government rhetoric and have allowed themselves to be brianwashed by IDS, Miller and McVey.

It was only last year that Esther McVile told the HoC that the majority of disdabled people get better, that most peoples disabilities are only temporary. Tell that to the hundreds of brave soldiers returning home from the Iraq, Afganistan etc with lost limbs, taken away as they fought to protect our freedoms. Many of those brave men and women fought and battled against the odds to provide the nation/world with a fantastic spectacle over the past week at the Invictus Games in London, and yet if IDS had his way he's be personally checking on the Disability claims of each and every one of them and terminating them one by one.

The Tories have decimated 50 years worth of hard work on Equality for disabled people, and the Lib Dems have stood back and allowed them to trample over disabled people as though they were nothing more than sh*t on the floor.

Fortunately we only have to put up with Cameron and his cronies until May.

nannytone_2

anpther side to this debate and a glimmer of optimism for the future ...
obviously i am blind. mt middle grandson contracted viral encephalitis ay 18 months ( devastatingly we lost him a month before his 4th birthday), my youngest frandson is mixed race.
i have 3 living grandchildren. NONE of whom recognise colour or disability. it is all 'normal' to them.
hopefully, that is tyhe future

ingey.uk

nannytone wrote: »

anpther side to this debate and a glimmer of optimism for the future ...
obviously i am blind. mt middle grandson contracted viral encephalitis ay 18 months ( devastatingly we lost him a month before his 4th birthday), my youngest frandson is mixed race.
i have 3 living grandchildren. NONE of whom recognise colour or disability. it is all 'normal' to them.
hopefully, that is tyhe future

That's lovely
I personally cannot wait till UKIP Gain power next May.

The UKIP Disability Spokesman is the only Disability "Minister" that is actually Disabled

nannytone_2

and as ive said previously ....
the worst enemy of any disabled people seems to be other disabled people .....

Indie_Kid

al

dori2o wrote: »

It was only last year that Esther McVile told the HoC that the majority of disdabled people get better, that most peoples disabilities are only temporary.

I'm curious as to how she worked this out. I know I'm not alone when I say that I've been told for the most part I'm untreatable. Let alone a chance of getting better. Yes, for the most part, the majority of my disabilities have stabilised; but my disabilities are in no way temporary.

nannytone_2

she says it because she makes it up as she goes along!
its what she wants to believe is true.
you cant let the facts get in the way of a good story!

MrsH20

Hi my first post but I wanted to join in, we have experienced motability car jealousy of the worst kind as it comes from my own family to the point where they do not have anything to do with me, my husband or our children (their own grandchildren, one of which is only a baby born at the end of June).

My 7 year old son has CP, he is wheelchair bound and uses both a manual and an electric wheelchair. He has full cognitive function, unfortunately his body just doesn't work the way it should. We have a wheelchair accessible family car, it is nothing fancy and very basic inside but it is what we need. We don't and never have had a top of the range car, a particularly sporty car or anything like that through motability. We do also have our own car which we are paying for out of our own money, now this is a top of the range sporty car, a DS3 Dsport. It is mainly my husband's for work but I also use it if I am going out in the evenings etc, he is a physiotherapist for the NHS he works on a stroke ward in the mornings then in the afternoon goes to appointments in peoples homes so a reliable car was a must.

It was when we got 'our' car in July that the big fall out happened as say if we can afford to buy that we should have put our money to buying the family car instead and only have 1 instead of allowing 'them' (clearly the only tax payers in the country) pay for us to essentially have a nice car and a family car. They have slurred us since the day we started claiming for my sons DLA, they really do not believe we should get any money whatsoever for my son. I would give all the money back in a heartbeat if I could watch my son run around tomorrow but right now it allows us to do things we wouldn't be able to do without it ie the days out we do, the big surprise trip in Disneyland that we have coming up, the numerous amounts of lego sets we buy our son, the shoes he goes through because he crawls in the house and he goes straight through the toes, the coats we have to buy because he chews the zip on them when he is bored stuck in his wheelchair at playtime, the specialist dining chair we have had to buy because postcode lottery means we cannot get it funded. Nobody ever see's that bit, nobody see's the good that money can bring and whilst it doesn't fix things it does go a long way in making my sons life that little bit better.

Even if my son was not in my life and I was asked if I would prefer to see our taxes go to the numerous tax draining unneccessaries ie nose jobs, boob jobs and don't even get me started on those that have neglected their bodies be it drugs, alcohol or overeating! Or for it to go to a disabled person for a car to resume their independence or keep their dignity by not constantly having to be lifted out of a wheelchair and lifted back in..... I know which I would choose.

Sorry I have ranted but it makes me so upset that people can be jealous of somebody not having a body that works properly and all over money