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Further Shouts of Disability Scourges

In line with My posting of 25th October there is another devastating October report published. This is: “Out of Sight - Who Cares” from the Care Quality Commission. It’s available at:     https://www.cqc.org.uk/publications/themed-work/rssreview This is hugely important reading. Those who don't bother and don't join the clamour to oppose this degradation are guilty of prolonging this corporate malice.

Denying Disability

Mike Llywelyn Cox 3 0   O c t o b e r   a t   1 5 : 4 4    ·  Shared with Public   I copied this (original posted on the British Lung Foundation site) to our village discussion site. The responses astounded and upset me. These respondents appear to be denying that disability exists and, if it does, no account should be taken of it. Is this an example of the national position?     A new inhaler (Anoro) has made life a lot easier and I went for a rollator walk today. I sighed again when I got here. If there was a decent surface on it I could, with the rollator, walk up it to the playing field and village hall. But the authorities, despite many years of pleading with them, will do nothing about it, saying they can't find out who owns the lane. I think it's common land but........   Examples of the responses (with names and places removed) are:   "... there is adequate level step free access via Xxxxx Wa...