http://blogs.independent.co.uk| Blogs from the Independent newspaper - news, views and features from the world's most free-thinking newspaper| Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2| en hourly 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/31/paralympics-some-are-only-watching-to-get-the-gory-details-of-how-athletes-acquired-their-impairments/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/31/paralympics-some-are-only-watching-to-get-the-gory-details-of-how-athletes-acquired-their-impairments/#comments Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:13:00 +0000 Lisa Egan http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=28040 It finally happened about two seconds into the opening ceremony intro show. I’d been feeling iffy for a few days but Jon Snow finally made the inevitable happen: Abuse of the word “inspirational” triggered my gag reflex.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/31/paralympics-some-are-only-watching-to-get-the-gory-details-of-how-athletes-acquired-their-impairments/feed/ 83 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/29/the-lasting-legacy-of-the-paralympics-should-be-to-see-disabled-people-as-equal/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/29/the-lasting-legacy-of-the-paralympics-should-be-to-see-disabled-people-as-equal/#comments Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:16:37 +0000 Nicky Clark http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=27936 The inclusion of learning disabled athletes and their presence in the games marks a watershed moment in the changing of attitudes, but there's still a long way to go. ]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/29/the-lasting-legacy-of-the-paralympics-should-be-to-see-disabled-people-as-equal/feed/ 12 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/29/paralympics-it%e2%80%99s-all-about-the-biceps/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/29/paralympics-it%e2%80%99s-all-about-the-biceps/#comments Wed, 29 Aug 2012 03:00:40 +0000 Victoria Wright http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=27875 As a woman with a disability, I think it is great how this country has become so excited about the Paralympics and collectively discovered that disabled people can do things.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/29/paralympics-it%e2%80%99s-all-about-the-biceps/feed/ 6 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/24/65000-hate-crimes-against-disabled-people-and-rising-this-has-to-stop/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/24/65000-hate-crimes-against-disabled-people-and-rising-this-has-to-stop/#comments Fri, 24 Aug 2012 11:02:20 +0000 Nicky Clark http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=27764 Last night the ITV Tonight programme led the way with a documentary looking at the rise if disability hate crime, press propaganda and palpable apathy on the issue. ]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/24/65000-hate-crimes-against-disabled-people-and-rising-this-has-to-stop/feed/ 74 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/31/benefits-and-targets-sickness-and-disability-are-not-the-same/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/31/benefits-and-targets-sickness-and-disability-are-not-the-same/#comments Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:05:05 +0000 Kaliya Franklin http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=26952 "Do you have the potential to return to work?" states Chris Grayling, Minister for Employment. It seems a very reasonable question, and when the idea of Employment Support Allowance was initially mooted during the mid noughties at a time of high employment and economic boom it was an admirable aim. ]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/31/benefits-and-targets-sickness-and-disability-are-not-the-same/feed/ 70