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play-icon Watch Ben McGrail s report A musician from Street in Somerset says he has had to face ignorant and offensive comments throughout his life because he uses a wheelchair. Mark Humphries, a rap artist known as Kray-z-Legz, has linked up with the disability charity Leonard Cheshire to highlight the issue by creating a short rap. The organisation says nearly three quarters (73%) of 14.1 million disabled people say more needs to be done for non-disabled people to understand their words cause offence. I can t count the times somebody has used offensive words to describe me, even though they are being genuinely curious and friendly. ....
“Able-bodied” is an offensive term to describe non-disabled people, a charity has said. A list of appropriate and inappropriate terms for those with disabilities has been released by Leonard Cheshire, adding that the language used is “vital”. The charity, set up in 1948 by RAF group captain Leonard Cheshire, said that people should say “non-disabled” rather than “able-bodied.” The term able-bodied is seen by some people in the disabled community as implying that all people with disabilities do not have able bodies . “Blind” should also be avoided, according to their list, with people urged to use “person with visual impairment” instead. ....
The terms able-bodied , epileptic and even blind are offensive and should be avoided, according to a health and welfare charity. Leonard Cheshire, which runs development programmes across the world, compiled a vital list of appropriate terms for those with disabilities. The list stipulates words such as able-bodied should be replaced with the term non-disabled because the term suggests every person with a disability does not have an able body , The Telegraph reports. Charity Leonard Cheshire has devised a list of appropriate and inappropriate words and phrases for those with disabilities Also on the list was the term blind , which the charity suggests should be replaced with people with visual impairment , as well as epileptic , invalid and handicapped . ....
Tim Farron tables Early Day Motion to save Holehird care home Tim Farron at Holehird with resident Nathan Johnston and Nathanâs brother Gavin and father Kevin South Lakes MP Tim Farron has tabled an Early Day Motion in Parliament calling on the operators of a care home threatened with closure to pause their decision. Holehird care home, operated by Leonard Cheshire, is set to close leaving more than 60 members of staff without work and more than 20 residents without a home. Tim submitted the motion this morning calling on Leonard Cheshire to pause their decision to close the care home until a new provider can be found to take it over. ....