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Part of Kemi Badenoch’s justification for the Tories’ suggested £36 billion welfare cuts is:

millions of people can and do contribute to our economy to their families to their communities even when they face serious challenges. Double amputees run marathons. People who are housebound do wonderful creative work from home. People with autism run some of the biggest tech companies in the world. [Emphasis mine]

. . . and people with half a brain cell run major political parties.

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  • I agree with you and   - these are sweeping generalisations that apply to very few. This is a sort of generalist public attitude among the ignorant - not what you might expect of a politician.

    When I revealed I had autism, colleagues immediately asked what my 'specialism' was and expected more of me than I could give. I wish I was a genius but I'm not., neither am I mathematical or enjoy lego [except the wonderful picture stories by  !]. I'm lucky to have been continually employed ando not in need of benefits, but it was a massive slog, emotionally draining and physically exhausting. I could have done with social support.

    I can't imagine how Ms Badenoch ['Bad Enough' as I think of her] expects people who can't work, or can't find jobs, to live without income. Is she envisioning a 'disability prison', or to live in barracks, where they receive food and small cells to live in, for life?

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  • I agree with you and   - these are sweeping generalisations that apply to very few. This is a sort of generalist public attitude among the ignorant - not what you might expect of a politician.

    When I revealed I had autism, colleagues immediately asked what my 'specialism' was and expected more of me than I could give. I wish I was a genius but I'm not., neither am I mathematical or enjoy lego [except the wonderful picture stories by  !]. I'm lucky to have been continually employed ando not in need of benefits, but it was a massive slog, emotionally draining and physically exhausting. I could have done with social support.

    I can't imagine how Ms Badenoch ['Bad Enough' as I think of her] expects people who can't work, or can't find jobs, to live without income. Is she envisioning a 'disability prison', or to live in barracks, where they receive food and small cells to live in, for life?

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