Dignity Action Day Aims to inspire people to place dignity and compassion at the heart of care services, and in their communities.
Leanne hopes that, by explaining how people with disability feel, it will help improve respect and understanding in the community:
'I asked 2 people with no illness or disability how they find people with a disability. Are they scared when they see someone with a disability?
Andrew said he has a son that has Aspergers, so he has some experience. He said he treats people with a disability equal.
People discriminate against disabled people as they are different. An easy target, bit like being back at school where people are picked on. It’s easy to belittle, and hard for people with disabilities to defend themselves.
Nikki said everyone is an individual and needs to be treated fairly, with a disability or not.
It makes me angry when people look at people with a disability wrongly and call them names.
Leanne: When I seeing people with a disability they are really nice people with something different about them. We are all special in our own way.
I have a disability and I hate how people look at us wrongly.
That is why I am writing this, to let people know how we feel and how people see each other.
I hope this helps people understand how we see each other a bit more.
I get support 24/7 from my support workers and my mum and dad.
Maybe one day I will get a husband, child or a house of my own.'
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