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Darlene Thomas, triple amputee, performs CPR to save a customer's life

Link to a story with a few more details.This woman is a former paramedic and nurse. Today she is a triple amputee, uses a wheelchair and works as a greeter at Wal-Mart. One day while she was working she heard people start yelling for someone to call 911. She goes to investigate ( Read more... )

This is in the news. Given what's happening to disability benefits now, and the way disabled people are getting talked about (scroungers, fakers etc) it strikes me that this murder is being reported as though every right-thinking person would be horrified by what these lowlifes did. Yes indeed it's horrifying. But do we deserve sympathy only after ( Read more... )

Closer magazine always carries True Life stories, often about disabled people. This week it includes a feature on young Charlotte Nott. This child is also featured on the Meningitis UK website. I hope that, when she's old enough to judge, she'll be happy with her parents' decision to make her identity so public. If she were my daughter I'd probably ( Read more... )