tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4555487560400568764.post5546418537522328485..comments2023-08-25T09:34:49.921+01:00Comments on To Helen Back: How Do We Fight?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4555487560400568764.post-85616727555926648382015-01-26T23:10:23.990+00:002015-01-26T23:10:23.990+00:00Helen, Keep fighting the good fight - you are not ...Helen, Keep fighting the good fight - you are not alone. I have no disability, have a job and I can't take any more of this govt. either. The lack of ethics and compassion distresses and angers me. There is a welling tide against the austerity and its everyone's responsibility to stand up to it. The TUSC, Socialist parties,most trade unions, community groups and Russel Brand! are active in creating an alternative, the capitalist controlled media are ignoring or demonising organisations such as these. A union of disabled would be a very powerful organisation (maybe one exists, I don't know) it could certainly rely on the support of anti-austerity groups. I am optimistic that Solidarity will grow between all walks of oppressed society (the majority) and will demand change. We can't rely on Labour getting into power as they will keep the cuts agenda. Keep campaigning and don't be afraid to ask for support from the afore mentioned kind of organisations. Together we can not only make a difference but real change.<br /><br />Greg.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13793581954258791557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4555487560400568764.post-54576408933376773922014-12-09T23:27:03.251+00:002014-12-09T23:27:03.251+00:00We are lucky, though, that digital hearing aids of...We are lucky, though, that digital hearing aids often help enormously. Mine have transformed my life. However, these wonderful devices are now under threat of being denied to us on NHS. Many people will be unable to afford them privately so will be vulnerable to isolation, depression and accelerated development of dementia. We have a very cruel government.Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07782753735103770299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4555487560400568764.post-90662832593827988372014-12-09T23:23:08.357+00:002014-12-09T23:23:08.357+00:00I don't know what the answer is. I do know ho...I don't know what the answer is. I do know how difficult it is to get people to understand about conditions, though. Most people don't understand that hearing loss is not about just turning up the volume. It is about hearing different frequencies at different decibel levels - or not at all. Some letters and sounds are unheard or heard very faintly; some may be heard at normal level. Result is that speech often sounds like a jumble of sounds. The brain has to work overtime to try and fill in the gaps. Sadly it often doesn't do a very good job, leading to misunderstanding. Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07782753735103770299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4555487560400568764.post-11360210317953801252014-12-08T22:57:53.364+00:002014-12-08T22:57:53.364+00:00Excellent blog piece. It's tragic that the maj...Excellent blog piece. It's tragic that the majority of court rulings in Britain have favored the state rather than the rights of the disabled.Samuel Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02686449963558402772noreply@blogger.com