The Importance Of Celebrity Support
Many thanks to my friends at mainstream political blog Liberal Conspiracy for publishing this guest post by David Mentiply. The post talks about the importance of celebrity support, specifically for The Broken Of Britain campaign.
I have said for ages that it is great that celebrities like Keith Duffy, whose daughter has autism, JK Rowling, whose mother had MS and others with money, fame and personal connections to disability do so much to help our charities and causes. After all, everyone knows that the non disabled public in Britain today really listens to these people because of their fame and status. And yes, I admit it- I quite like ’em too, for their talents!
Mainstream media and political blog support is equally important. Liberal Conspiracy, Left Foot Forward and the Guardian may not exactly be Katie Price, Peter Andre and Jeff Brazier, but they are growing in popularity every day. I think that disabled people are always going to listen to and agree with each other, but, celebrities or not, it will only be when the mainstream agrees with us that we’ll have true inclusion. So I sincerely thank Liberal Conspiracy, Left Foot Forward and the Guardian’s Society section, in particular, for giving disabled people and our issues as much coverage as they do. Each time they cover our issues, I, for one, feel more included and more wanted in mainstream society.
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