10 things I wish others knew about disability

Not all disabilities are visible – if someone is claiming benefits and unable to work, it is likely there is a good reason.
A disabled person may feel more able to do a job one day, than they are another
If you want to get disabled people working, the first step should be to change society’s perception of them. As have said in previous posts- the only way many disabled can get jobs is through specialist disabled employment agencies.
Just because am disabled doesn’t mean you can help without offering and the help being accepted first. Don’t automatically help as it takes away my independence.
Disabled people are under-represented in media and frequently looked down on or disparaged by the right wing’s gutter press.
Please don’t talk to us differently, I hate people who are patronising or simpering just because I have a disability.
Managing a disability and everything in it is sometimes a full time job.
Just because one disabled person fits a certain stereotype does not mean the rest of us will.
Using ableist language or calling someone spastic/ retard is never okay.
Don’t comment on disability issues unless you understand what the disabled people are going through.

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