Ranting about disability!

Hello,

In this post I will basically be going on about how society sees disability.

I recently read this just 5% of all people over the age of 18 have EVER considered dating or had a relationship with a disabled person. This seriously needs to change, we are just like anyone else, why is it such a big deal to date a disabled person?! It's not like we only date disabled people so why should able bodied people only date other able bodied people?! This is a topic that I am really passionate about, maybe this is because I have never had a long term relationship and the reason they all have ended it is because they don't want to be seen with the 'disabled' girl.

I would like to send a message to those idiots:

Get over it, I'm disabled I always have been I deal with it so you can too! Get over yourself!


Anyway, it isn't just this that really annoys me, it's how grown adults don't even address disability right. For example, a few years ago my old SENCO (special needs person at school) said to me and my mother how privileged she was to finally work with a SPASTIC!    Yes, you read it right she called me a spastic and she was supposed to be a specialist in special needs, this made me so angry and upset, but also caused me to lose complete faith in there ever being equality for disabled people.


So you get the point. Please, if you are able bodied reading this blog and never see a disabled person on there own, go over there, be nice and treat them like anyone else.


Thank you for reading.

Evie Xx

Catch up and Q&A questions!

Hiya Guys,

I know all my blogs start with this but I am literally so sorry that  I haven't posted in months but I promise I will try and post weekly and possibly daily if I have enough time!
If anyone's actually reading this, I hope you are having a great day and thank you for reading. As I have mentioned before, if you read my blog can you please let me know you're out there by leaving a comment with a bit of feedback about my posts, thank you!
Now, I am going to be doing a question and answer with my sister, who is sixteen. Please can you comment questions that you would like me to ask? Thank you!
In the last few months, I have had quite a few medical appointments including one at the Oxford Gait Lab. Basically, they stuck loads of reflective dots all over my legs and back, then they filmed me walking up and down with these special camera's that only pick up the dots. Finally, they used CGI technology to make the data collected into a computer model of my walking. It was SO WEIRD! You could tell it was me but I was a robot! Once they have that data, they can recommend surgeries and treatments that would help me. The only bit that hurt was when the women was ripping about fifty sticky things off my legs at the end, OUCH!!!!! They did recommend two surgeries but my surgeon didn't think that they would be worth the pain and recovery time for me.

Other than that not much has been going on health wise. I still experience back pain and spasms but I think I am just going to have to live with it, it could be worse.

Thank you for reading and remember to comment your Q&A questions!

Evie Xx