"British leaders must call up our better natures in response to this crisis - not lend respectability to base fear and selfishness." said Sarah Smith, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Spokesperson for Dover & Deal in a letter sent to Dover's MP today.
My daughter was zooming through the toy aisles at Wal-Mart with her walker; I was chasing her and asking her to stop or else there would be no Lala Loopsie. Actually, she had more of a run-run-glide thing going on. One of the workers was standing on a ladder arranging shelves and noticed; I was sure he was going to ask her to stop running, but instead, he looked down at me and said, "I am so so sorry she's like that." And his face was contorted with great pity and sadness. He thought my daughter's disability was a great tragedy.
If you are among the approximately 1.4m children and adults in the UK born with a learning disability, it's likely that through no fault of your own you will experience a number of injustices in your life. From feeling largely invisible and isolated to being excluded from many of the activities that make life worth living - friendship, love, employment, leisure and further education - the chance of you living the kind of life you want to is vastly reduced if you have a learning disability.
New analysis for the first time looks at research into public attitudes towards people with a learning disability
Tring, in Hertfordshire, was last year beset by floods on several key roads in and around the town. These were caused by blocked drains, ditches and gulleys. In Cow Roast near Northchurch a great improvement has been seen following a week-long programme of work and the regular flooding at Tring's Dundale Road/Icknield Way junction is now greatly improved - although still not completely cured.
Tring, in Hertfordshire, was last year beset by floods on several key roads in and around the town. These were caused by blocked drains, ditches and gulleys. In Cow Roast near Northchurch a great improvement has been seen following a week-long programme of work and the regular flooding at Tring's Dundale Road/Icknield Way junction is now greatly improved - although still not completely cured.