Fucking hell, is depressing:
Discrimination against people with learning disabilities and misconceptions about their lives is still widespread in the UK, despite a string of high profile hate crime cases, a poll reveals today.
A third of Britons think those with such disabilities cannot live independently or do jobs, while almost a quarter imagined they would be living in care homes. Nearly one in ten (8%) expected them to be cared for in a secure hospital out of town.
A similar picture, based on stigma and misconception, holds for people with mental health conditions.
I'm afraid that those who say there isn't a hierarchy of impairments when it comes to disability are wrong: there is, and it persists.
So true. My aspie daughter had epilepsy, dyslexia, dyspraxia and suffered serious head injuries in her teens. Through it all she attended main stream school & college and graduated with distinction. She now lives with her partner and is learning to drive. She has a first paying job with a charity but has never been able to get an interview for a job that she is well qualified. She is required to disclose her disabilties- oh I almost she is hearing impaired and will have an assistance dog. She does nit qualify for DLA. 90% of people with autism are unemployed. It makes my blood boil apologies for my rant