Full text of the motion to Oldham Council from the Liberal Democrats
The motion to the full meeting of Oldham Council (Wednesday September 9) reads:
CLH
11 Sep 2020
The motion to the full meeting of Oldham Council (Wednesday September 9) reads:
The Oldham Liberal Democrats are backing a national campaign to raise public awareness that not everyone who uses an accessible public toilet has a visible disability.The campaign by the charity Crohn's and Colitis UK encourages venues with such toilets to install special signage with the logo 'Not every disability is visible'.
I note that the RSVPs for Tuesday's husting is much lower than Sunday's was. Personally I think it should be higher and here is why.
I have been shielding for months now due to a medical condition listed as extremely vulnerable to COVID-19 but keeping in touch with work. Over the last few months I've been updated with changing company policy and watching the Government updates closely.
'Confined to bed'. 'Restricted to bed'. Bedbound, bedridden. Words and terms that sound so pitiable. So pathetic. So awful. A life that's hardly worth living. The end of ever having a 'normal' life again. Better off dead. But that's not the case. It doesn't have to be like that. Being stuck in bed most of the time doesn't have to mean it's all over and life is finished. There is so much that can still be done, so much left to do, so much life yet to live. I know there are many people who are in horrible pain or, at least, in considerable discomfort for much of the time and I can't speak for them as I haven't experienced it and don't fall into that category, but there are also lots of people, like me, who are just unable to get up much because of their impairment. This can be due the medical equipment they need to stay alive, due to the lack of help and support they have or at least, just because its such hard work to do it and its often not worth the effort. I'm one of that category.
In his Spring Statement today (Wednesday 13th March 2019) the Chancellor did not make any commitments to the funding of social care.