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Originally Posted by peanut
You've lost me now. It's responses like that that doesn't do you any favors, it can also make you a liability. But I'm sure you will not accept that.
Everyone here knows about your brain injury, but if you're not a nice person then you're not a nice person. For all I know you might not have been a nice person before your brain injury. Having a disability isn't a get out of jail free card when things don't go your way. But it seems you hide it behind it and use it as a tool. You need to take some responsibility for your own actions and also give allowances to others but obviously you don't and won't.
Anyway, I think we're off topic, it's just another thread for you to reinstate your own problems and agendas.
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I simply responded to your post, but unfortunately it hasn't taken long for you to turn a reasonable discussion into a personal attack.
The vast majority of members do not know about the brain injuries of others on the forum.
So, do you think that the lady I mentioned who was shouting & swearing was using her dementia as a 'get out of jail card' and should take responsibility for her actions or that I should do the same regarding my cognitive issues? How about someone who develops epilepsy?
If you are saying that your own injury affects how you interact, think etc then if you clearly state this then of course I will take this into account.
Finally, this thread is not about me, but about the prevelance of brain injury survivors in existence today so yes, let's get back on topic.
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Originally Posted by Maggy
So what part of the Equality Act has anything to do with how one would react to someone with a brain injury?
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The law requires disabled people covered under the Equality Act to be trrated with kindness and respect, not to treat them less favourably than others, taunt them, mock them, make upsetting remarks or harrass them in any way.
A lot of it is common sense really and down to what decent people would do. For example, if you had a class and one member had a brain injury, you wouldn't allow another member of the class to bully, mock or continually harass them in everything they did for their own pleasure or entertainment.