Remaining politically neutral during General Election 2024
Under guidance from the Electoral Commission and Charity Commission, it's important that Scope remains politically neutral during General Elections.
While we understand that this period will see many passionate discussions, please make sure that your comments remain respectful of other people's opinions and keep to our online community house rules.
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@Tori_Scope when people talk down to me I initially feel angry but after a while that fades and I feel depressed.
“This is my simple religion. No need for temples. No need for complicated philosophy. Your own mind, your own heart is the temple. Your philosophy is simple kindness.”
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Deficient. We might experience things differently, but that doesn't mean we are lacking or our experiences are any less rich.Sarah B
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Gullible or stupid. People don't seem to like it when I tell them my long list of qualifications or l point out that what they are saying is illogical and/or unbelievable. It means I don't fit into their pigeon hole for what they expect a disabled person to be.
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Inferior!
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You are educated. Why are you not able to make friends? Possibly because you are shy. You do not trust people in general or you do not know where to start. There are no easy web sites where you can chat to people individually and not be open to everybody knowing your conversation.
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Unable to think for yourself or make your own decisions about your life and your future! 😀
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Disabled does not mean it's always visible or obvious. We are all dealing with different things, it doesn't make us any less worthy or capable
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Lazy
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Useless is the first word that came into my mind. I see I'm not the first.
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My disability affects me as I lost my job
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I want your pity
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I'm absolutely fine with it.
I don't mind if people use the words 'suffers from' about my disability. I do suffer. There also seems to be a tendency to dismiss anyone who dares to voice discontent with their disability. I have had 'You're not the only one' from physios (as if that's supposed to make anything better) and from other people with cerebral palsy, the inevitable 'There's lots of people worse off than you (which puts everyone on some sort of subjective scale of misfortune and says that only the person at the top has any right to express discontent). -
'Disabled' doesn't mean not *able*.
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The first word that came to my head is broken.
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I can’t walk
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you can’t be a parent
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Are no different to able bodied people as we are all humans, and should be treated equally within society!Yours respectfully
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Unable to love.Look at a instagram profile of Polish disable person who just got married recently: https://instagram.com/lifeonwhlz?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
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Incompetent.
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I am not without emotion or intelligence or compassion or empathy or understanding or …….etc etc! I am a person with something special!
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