I wasn't wishing to sound too unkind, as you say I fully accept the sentiment is well meant. I remember though that once in a speech when I had the Education portfolio I made a reference to 'brave disabled people'. One of the audience (in a wheelchair) came up to me afterwards and said (gently) that disabled people were just people, no braver or less brave than anyone else. When I chose to label her in that way without knowing a thing about her I was treating her differently when for all her life all she had ever wanted was to be seen as a person rather than as a disability and to be judged on her merits not her problems. It opened my eyes and since then I have tried to bear that in mind.

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Topic	Date Posted	Posted By
Massive Congratulations to Justine Greening	25/06/16 18:33:00	Jonty Nicholls
Re:Massive Congratulations to Justine Greening	25/06/16 19:15:00	John Grigg
Re:Re:Massive Congratulations to Justine Greening	25/06/16 19:21:00	I. Wooller
Re:Re:Re:Massive Congratulations to Justine Greening	25/06/16 19:35:00	Sue Hammond
Re:Massive Congratulations to Justine Greening	25/06/16 19:35:00	Tim Lorimer
Re:Re:Massive Congratulations to Justine Greening	27/06/16 07:03:00	Richard Carter
Re:Re:Re:Massive Congratulations to Justine Greening	27/06/16 09:21:00	Hugh Thompson
Re:Re:Re:Re:Massive Congratulations to Justine Greening	27/06/16 09:23:00	Sue Hammond
Here comes the baggage then	27/06/16 11:34:00	Jonty Nicholls
Re:Here comes the baggage then	27/06/16 18:46:00	Malcolm Grimston
Re:Re:Here comes the baggage then	27/06/16 19:35:00	Frances Clarke
Re:Re:Re:Here comes the baggage then	27/06/16 20:00:00	Sue Hammond
Re:Re:Re:Re:Here comes the baggage then	27/06/16 23:01:00	Michael Ixer
Re:Re:Re:Re:Here comes the baggage then	28/06/16 17:46:00	Malcolm Grimston
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Here comes the baggage then	28/06/16 18:03:00	Jonty Nicholls
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Here comes the baggage then	29/06/16 09:07:00	Malcolm Grimston

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