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Right to Die? Right to Live is better!

April 18, 2013 by Mik Scarlet

Yet again the press is filled with the story of a campaigner who are going to court to end the terrible suffering of their life as a disabled person. This it is Paul Lamb who is claiming that his life is should be ended at the hands of the medical

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Assisted Suicide, benefits, depression, Disability, disabled, discrimination, equality, euthanasia, illness, mik scarlet, mindfullness, Pain, Paul Lamb, portrayal, pride

Paying the price for being made scapegoats.

April 10, 2013 by Mik Scarlet

Today two teenage boys have pleaded guilty of killing blind 85 year old Paula Castle and this has been widely reported in the press. This is such a sad story but I feel it lifts a lid on an underlying issue with our society at the minute. These two young

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Disability, discrimination, equality, hate crime, mik scarlet, Paula Castle, press, violence

Xmas Spirit?

December 19, 2011 by Mik Scarlet

Recently I have found myself torn about what to write about. Every time I felt ready to put finger to keypad, another issue caught my attention. Then I realised that they were all connected. The first big issue to drive me to my blog page was the recent changes in

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: carol, charles, christmas, Daily Mail, dickens, Disability, discrimination, hate crime, Motability, scrooge

Proud to be a Freak!

September 10, 2011 by Mik Scarlet

One of my favourite shows on TV at the minute is C4’s Seven Dwarves. When I saw it advertised I thought I was going to hate it, but it is probably the best example of this kind of TV I have ever seen. Normally “Freak” TV focuses on what is

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Channel 4, Disability, discrimination, Freak, illness, pride, Scars, Seven Dwarves

Riots – Can Anyone Claim That They Are The Answer?

August 9, 2011 by Mik Scarlet

Today I wheeled into Camden Town Centre and witnessed the aftermath of the thankfully minor troubles that took place last night. While some shops had been looted and many windows smashed, I know that the place I call home got off lightly. The footage on TV and photos and videos

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Disability, discrimination, madness, police, Riots

Epithany

March 23, 2011 by Mik Scarlet

I am writing this at 5.15am after laying in bed watching the green numbers on my bedside clock inexorably click forward for many hours, my head full of thoughts. I found myself unable to sleep after watching the Channel 4 program Katie: My Beautiful Friends, which I was looking forward

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Channel 4, charity, courage, Disability, discrimination, equality, inspiration, Katie Piper, Katie: my beautiful fiends, Language, media, mik scarlet, portrayal, Scars, Television, tragic, words

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