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Originally Posted by Maggy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53nRcfosYR0
Rosie Jones who takes the pee constantly about her condition.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abBi...n%27sGotTalent
Lost Voice Guy who has turned his disability to good ends.
Just two who have turned their disability into a positive.They make their points and promote themselves and others with disabilities. They don't look around to make themselves a special case.They take on the world on their own terms.They are wonderful advocates for equality for the disabled.There are very many more if you care to look around.Indeed one of the most popular TV shows is presented by people with disability and uses humour to make some pretty good points about what it is to be disabled and yet not let it hold them back.
Maybe they should be referenced more by Richard as an example of how to show positivity instead of constant negativity.
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This wasn't created as a 'disability thread' as someone assumed earlier.
You're quite right in that there are lots of positive examples of how people cope with disability, but this thread was created with the intention of discussing how the authorities intend to deal with online trolling/bullying/harassment etc towards people of any kind, much if which is based on race, mental or physical disability, gender, sexuality etc.
That's not to say that every incident involves a person with a protected characteristic and, therefore, classed as a hatd crime. Sometimes it can be borne out of jealousy of a celebrity, or just plain spite, where zn individual is targeted for no particular reason at all.
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Originally Posted by GrimUpNorth
Do you have a link to anything backing up that statement? I'd be interested to read the science behind it.
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It's not something that I've read recently, but a search should give you affirmation. It stands to reason that a child or an animal that touches fire and feels pain will remember the incident and try not to repeat it on the interests of self preservation.
In fact, afyer speaking to my specialist about my current head pain, pain doesn't actually truly exist, it's the response of the brain when it receives a message that something is wrong or that the body is becoming damaged in some way. I guess the idea is to encourage us to take care of ourselves or stop whatever is giving rise to the pain.
Doesn't seem fair when it's something that an individual can't help or stop, but there we are.
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It's been reported by BBC TV news that it's felt that the online harms Bill doesn't go far enough in scope or content.
I've found this:
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk...ings/cbp-8743/