Hi, my name is TonyCH!

TonyCH

Hello Everybody,
I've used a buggy for the past four years and it has improved my lifestyle, but was such a shock to sometimes to become a non person. I found out about scope from a BBC podcast.
I was very surprised and upset to hear young disabled people can suffer abuse when out and about. I've had a few moments but because of my age (78) I'm just overlooked and treated as a child. Amazing how one grows a thick skin! Disabled parking can be a pain with some people begrudgingly thinking and sometimes saying 'What's wrong with you?'

Ross_Alumni

Hi @TonyCH

Wishing you a warm welcome to the online community, it's great to her that you heard about Scope through a BBC podcast. Was it a podcast published today? Scope has released some new research about the attitudes towards disability and there has been some promotion surrounding that I think.

This is a very supportive and welcoming site to be a part of so I’m hopeful that you’ll find it to be a positive outlet. Feel free to have a look around and get involved wherever you’d like 😊 I have included below a few of the pages I’d recommend having a look through to get used to things:

• The virtual coffee lounge which is one of our categories, in which we play games and talk about general subjects such as hobbies and interests
• The recent discussions page, which shows an overview of everything happening across the community
• The categories page, which shows a full list of discussion groups on the community

If you have any questions at all then don’t hesitate to ask.

TonyCH

Thank you Ross, the podcast was mentioned on a BBC news item so I followed it up.

Ross_Alumni

TonyCH said:

Thank you Ross, the podcast was mentioned on a BBC news item so I followed it up.

That's great, well we're very glad to have you aboard