A Credo

16 Sep 2013: Today's blog shows a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wunHDfZFxXw of a group of disabled people stating what they want and don't want from the general public and their workers – a credo of support.

They want:

• Their disability seen as an attribute.
  
• To contribute in their own way.
  
• To feel entitled to say ‘no'.
  
• You to ask if they want your help.
  
• To be respected, not admired.
  

They don't want:

• Their disability to be seen as a deficit.
  
• To be seen as broken.
  
• To be seen as a client but as a fellow citizen and a neighbour.
  
• Their behaviour modified.
  
• You to make it all better.
  
• To be controlled.
  
• You to try to be their ‘friend', but to get to know them first.
  
• To be told, corrected or led. Instead listened to, supported and followed.
  
• To be worked on, but worked with.
  

What an awesome credo to live by!