Living with a disability means waking up every day inside limits you never chose — and then watching strangers debate whether those limits are “valid enough” to deserve help. Your life becomes public property. Your needs become public opinion. Your independence becomes a budget line. And the cruelty is that none of these debates happensContinue reading “Dignity Is Defiance”
Tag Archives: Disability
Look After Our Own Collapses When The Vulnerable Become The Targets
The “look after our own” argument collapses the moment the same politicians turn around and target the very people they claimed to be protecting — disabled, sick, low‑income British citizens. When politicians say “look after our own” but target disabled people, they expose the truth that cruelty never protects anyone — it only spreads, andContinue reading “Look After Our Own Collapses When The Vulnerable Become The Targets”
Do Better. Be Better. Life Always Humbles The Ones Who Think It Won’t
Imagine being so catastrophically dim you try to crowd‑source a genocide — that comment section is basically a support group for people who’ve never met a functioning neuron. The only reason these muppets target disabled people is because they’re too scared to pick on anyone who might actually stand up — they talk big online,Continue reading “Do Better. Be Better. Life Always Humbles The Ones Who Think It Won’t”
Cut The Benefits, Cut The Life
A mother of a disabled woman who died by suicide when the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) incorrectly stopped her benefits has demanded an investigation. Housebound Jodey Whiting died in 2017. Her death came just two weeks after her Employment Support Allowance (ESA) was denied because she was considered fit for work. But MsContinue reading “Cut The Benefits, Cut The Life”
Priority Seats
When a fellow rider stepped up to give a pregnant woman a seat on the Tube, another passenger forcibly stole it, leaving the lady absolutely stunned. The event happened on a Jubilee Line train travelling from Stanmore into London during morning rush hour. An eight-month-pregnant woman who had just boarded the carriage was being entirelyContinue reading “Priority Seats”
Employees At Meta Erupt In Angry Emojis
An internal Meta post announcing a tracking system used to improve AI assistants received hundreds of angry comments and emojis from workers who feared they were being replaced. The company launched the software last month, which allowed AI to track each employee’s clicks and keystrokes as they go about their workday. ‘For agents to understand how people actually completeContinue reading “Employees At Meta Erupt In Angry Emojis”
A Disabled Woman Is Forced Into A Nursing Home Against Her Will
Lucinda Ritchie previously lived in her own adapted bungalow in Billingshurst, West Sussex. She was admitted to hospital with pneumonia last April, but 10 months later, she was not allowed to return home. Instead, this February, she was taken to a nursing home in Uckfield – an hour from her home and family. Within twoContinue reading “A Disabled Woman Is Forced Into A Nursing Home Against Her Will”
Taxi Ban For Asylum Seekers
After it was discovered that migrants had travelled great distances at the cost of taxpayers, a restriction on asylum seekers using taxis to get to doctors’ appointments went into effect. In one case, an asylum seeker billed the Home Office £600 for a 250-mile journey to see a GP for a check-up on his knee, according toContinue reading “Taxi Ban For Asylum Seekers”
The ‘Bank of Wokeness’ Will Ditch Historical Figures
The Bank of England has been accused of ‘wrongheaded wokery’ after announcing it could drop historical figures from banknotes to reflect modern diversity. It has launched a consultation seeking suggestions from the public that could mean the end of using pictures of important characters – Sir Winston Churchill, Jane Austen, artist JMW Turner and code-breaker Alan TuringContinue reading “The ‘Bank of Wokeness’ Will Ditch Historical Figures”
After Stranger’s Ignorant Words, Mother Opens Chip Shop
Slur directed at autistic son knocked Gillian sideways, but she reacted in the best way she could. A mum has decided to open an accessible chip shop so her autistic son has a job for life. Gillian Jervis got the idea to open Oliver’s Chippy in Warton, Lancs, near Blackpool after a stranger labelled herContinue reading “After Stranger’s Ignorant Words, Mother Opens Chip Shop”
THE MONTHLY MOSQUITO 