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These are three true stories I heard this weekend before I left Bridlington to move into any B&B, back in Beverley, in the East Riding of Yorkshire.... The first is a story of an older amputee disabled gentleman who when he goes in certain pubs and clubs that he is asked to cover up is legs. This gentleman has had is legs amputated from his knees. He told me their worst culprits for this 'ignorance' and disability discrimination are at the Royal Bristish Legion in Bridlington, yes, the Royal British Legion, where they have hundreds of 'ex' disabled servicemen/women. My second story is about an assistant cook working is a older people's residential home in Bridlington and he was sacked, because he refused to give out the 'medication/drugs' to the residents, in which can only be carried out by a trained state registered nurse. I have heard similiar stories like this in other 'institutions' whe untrained staff have been told to dish out the chemical coshes!! My third story is about a young man who experiences living with mental distress who was stuck in a mental health/learning disabilities residential unit and the 'owners' of this unit, he stated had no intentions of teaching him, or anone else independent living skills, because it would not be in 'the-owners' best 'economic' interests to empower disabled people with these independent living skills. He said, and I agreed that this is a tip of the 'iceberg', which all of us within the disabled, inclusive, survivors, neurodiversity and independent living movements can see that the 'iceberg' is 'bigger' beneath the water and 'we' only see a partial of the 'institionalised' and 'disablist' attitudes and behaviour that are the 'reality' for us all. If the 'iceberg' was tipped over, then we would all then 'witness' 'the-truth' of what's really happeing within all these 'institutions' and they have no 'will' and desire' to enable all disabled/neurodiverse people with independent living skills, due to the old 'economic' personal 'interests'. What do you all think of these stories then? is this par for the cause in the UK and acrossthe globe then? Have you got any similiar stories to tell and 'whistle-blow'?? Yours Colin R _________________________________________________________________ Are you using the latest version of MSN Messenger? Download MSN Messenger 7.5 today! http://messenger.msn.co.uk ________________End of message______________________ This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies). Enquiries about the list administratione should be sent to [log in to unmask] Archives and tools are located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html You can JOIN or LEAVE the list from this web page.