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Have You Had Enough Of Toxic Disability Discrimination On Social Media

Disability discrimination is the lowest insult, but talking to the right people will help you

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“My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn’t prevent you doing well, and don’t regret the things it interferes with. Don’t be disabled in spirit as well as physically.”

Stephen Hawking.

Stephen Hawking was a British physicist who worked on the physics of black holes. He proposed that black holes would emit subatomic particles until they eventually exploded. He also authored best-selling books, the most famous of which was A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes (1988).

For further information on this book, it can be viewed and purchased from Amazon for £8.99 (GBP) or $11.21 (USD.)

Stephen Hawking was a perfect example of how a disabled person can alter society’s derogatory image of disabilities.

The problem?

Society has too short a memory. Communities are far too quick to discriminate and victimize those who are disabled…

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Jonathan Townend, RMN - Editor - Friend of Medium
Jonathan Townend, RMN - Editor - Friend of Medium

Written by Jonathan Townend, RMN - Editor - Friend of Medium

Psychiatric Nurse Writer. Owner of Creative Passions, The Shortform, No Shame, World of Fiction publications, and co-editor for The Chocolate River.

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