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Another blog up now!!!

Hi,
I hope everyone is doing okay and managing with lockdown okay. My newest blog is up now and in this one I tackle the topic of ableism, I hope you enjoy and feel free to share in order to spread the knowledge 😊
https://girlwithwheels.wordpress.com/2020/07/10/ableism-what-is-it-and-how-can-you-help/
I hope everyone is doing okay and managing with lockdown okay. My newest blog is up now and in this one I tackle the topic of ableism, I hope you enjoy and feel free to share in order to spread the knowledge 😊
https://girlwithwheels.wordpress.com/2020/07/10/ableism-what-is-it-and-how-can-you-help/
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As you say, everyone is different and what might be ok for one person might offend another. For example, if someone said to me "Can I pray for you" and they meant well as opposed to being sarcastic, I would say "Yes please!".
I understand well about ableism.
When I've been to Outpatients for example, the receptionist will ask my Carer "What's her name?". As if being in a wheelchair means that I wouldn't even know my own name! I always challenge this of course!
Also, what really upset me was when a doctor assumed that I'm in a wheelchair because I'm "obese". No doctor if you had bothered to ask me, I would have told you that after a series of spinal operations that have left me barely able to move and having been on steroids for 15 years has meant that the weight has piled on and I can't exactly exercise it away...
Wishing you all the best with your new blog, girlina wheelchair.
My point is that if psychiatric nurses display such ignorance, what hope is there for the rest of society?
We really do need to have a proper mental health campaign to raise awareness. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are trying to get people to discuss mental health but it will take a great deal of effort to educate the masses.
Let's hope things will improve but meanwhile, I do understand and I do empathise.
It’s good that people de-stigmatise mental health issues amongst the general public but actually mental health staff need to adjust as well especially with regard to psychiatric wards.
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