DisAbled? Snow Trouble!
I never, ever imagined that I would agree with a council department about anything. As anyone who knows me knows, I hate councils. Usually. However, today, I am starting to think that Durham and Darlington PCT may have had a point last year, when they decided to give Durham County Council £1m over two years to help pay for road gritting.
At the time, an NHS governor, Kath Toward, resigned in protest at the decision, saying that the money should have gone to therapy services, and at the time, I agreed with her and thanked her for her actions. However, today, as I have spent the day looking out of windows at very heavy snow and watching constant news reports about councils who fear they will run out of grit, and since I’ve been reading the snowy stories of other DisAbled people through BBC Ouch’s Twitter tag, #disabilitysnow, I am starting to wonder whether the PCT may have somehow known about this freak weather, and been preparing for it at the time!
Anyway, today I’m very glad I’m not a wheelchair user, as I completely believe the Twitter user who told BBC Ouch that “wheels and snow don’t mix.” Please don’t use your wheels, whatever they’re attached to, until the snow melts unless you absolutely have to. And if you do, please be very, very careful and safe.
So, readers, while we’re all stuck inside, can I ask those of you in the UK who are on Twitter to follow @bbcouch and respond to #disabilitysnow with your stories, just for a bit of fun. If you’re in the UK and not on Twitter but still want to share your stories, you’re more than welcome to put them in the comments below. Thanks!
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