[Sirius]

Originally Posted by joglynne

I have not wanted to enter this thread until today as I find that so much of what has been written by the OP is an attempt to try to prove he is the only person with the ability and insight to support those with unseen disabilities and that we, the members of this forum, need some sort of education in order to realise disabled people exist and that they, at times, need help and yes, at times, legal protection.

I accept he has problems but his confrontational approach to any one of you on here who disagrees with his fanatical need to fight every disabled persons perceived battle in such an aggressive manner does those of us on here with disabilities no favours.
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Well said Paul. This virtual community has always supported it's members even though few us of know each other in real life. I could pass virtually everyone in the street and never know.

We have had several very disabled members who managed to put their disabilities aside and I can only speak for myself when I say that I learned more from them, including trying to read braille and learning how to ignore grumpy posts, about coping with disabilities than I have have learned from the continual 'educational' and confrontational postings of Mr Coulter.

That well and truly hit the nail on the head. There is a time for everything and i am one of those posters who has not been involved in the threads on here about disabilities. I am classed as disabled, i have lost the vision in my left eye due to age-related macular degeneration. In addition 15 years working on tanks in the army left me with damaged upper frequency hearing loss which means i must wear hearing aids for both ears. I don't run around telling people i am disabled, i do not expect people to make allowances for me at work. I prefer to get on with my life in the only way i know and that is day to day.