Finally, A Leader Who Sees Us! My Family's Hope Lies with the Greens. Let me be honest with you. As a disabled adult, and as a parent to a wonderful disabled child, politics often feels like a special kind of punishment. It’s a cycle of waiting for the latest budget or party conference, only to have your fears confirmed – once again, you and your family are an afterthought, a line item to be cut, a problem to be managed. My life is a constant juggle of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) forms, fighting for my son’s Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP), and calculating how to make a budget stretch over soaring energy bills – bills that are higher because of my equipment and our need to stay warm and well. I’m also the Green Party’s Disability Officer for Telford and Wrekin, and from this unique vantage point, I’ve watched every major party with a weary and wary eye. And then I heard Zack Polanski, Mothin and Rachel! Let me tell you, the feeling was like a...
Disability Advocacy, Social Justice and Environmental Issues