Trending today in disability land
| 16:04 UK time, Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Trending today in the Ouch! office (as it were):
• Disability hate crime doc, Why Do You Hate Me, was last night's Panorama. Watch it on 91Èȱ¬ iPlayer.
• 91Èȱ¬ One's Inside Out East Midlands, where Ray Gosling contemplates mortality and speaks about assisting his lover to die. You can't fail to miss this on the news.
• New language: All the cool kids are shortening the word 'accessibility' to a11y online - where 11 is the number of letters cut out. Tag computer access tweets with .
• Tonight at 9.30 PM, Radio 4's Taking A Stand discusses the stigma attached to having bipolar disorder. Available afterwards to listen to here.
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At 16th Feb 2010, Lisy wrote:That's one mystery solved for me, I'd seen #a11y and wondered what the heck it meant.
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At 16th Feb 2010, Chris_Page wrote:Just watched Panorama. I am at a loss as to how the Director of Public Prosecution CAN'T see that Disability Hate Crime ISN'T merely a public order offence. How many more Pilkington cases have to happen before he stops shilly-shallying around and DOES something? Why do the Powers That Be always put the burden of proof on the victim???
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At 24th Feb 2010, Thrushy wrote:I saw the Panorama thing. I am glad it was done but I don't think that the story was done particularly well. There is never enough information or debate for such a meaty subject.
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At 29th Apr 2010, U14442861 wrote:Is there any special word to simplify the word accessibility..
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At 18th May 2010, Manu wrote:I have the same problem that Charu. Do you have more information about this player ?
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