“I have been labeled ‘mad’ by society, so therefore seen as unbalanced. Society’s way of redressing that is not to help me make sense of the childhood trauma that triggered my psychosis, nor to tackle inequality and discrimination in society because of that label. Its way was to medicate me into submission. For decades I was on antipsychotic medication. I did not laugh or cry on these meds. Is this well balanced? It took away my symptoms but my life too. Is that a fair payoff, a balanced payoff?” Read more…
Dawn Willis
Not having watched the bulk of the parafest and just turned on the telly – it is interesting to note that they are not showing the paralympic marathon – for reasons unknown – rather having minute long updates – what the fuck is going on with the tv companies?????
Perception of Balance:
So here we have the definitive Paralympic Final Medal Table
Number of Disabled People in Government 0
Number of Disabled people in LOGOC 0
Number of Disabled People in Sponsors 0
Number of Disabled people in TV management 0
Number of Disabled TV Presenters 1
Number of Disabled Experts 0
Number of Disabled Athletes Thousands
It’s good to see the influence disabled people have at all levels of the Paralympics
Somebody talk about legacy????