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Last week, The Punch introduced you to The Angry Cripple, a new anonymous contributor. This week, AC explains that despite the complaints of some, s/he will remain anonymous, and reveals the source of the name.

I’m angry for good reason. I’ve used the word cripple for good reason. And I’m anonymous because I have to be…

Sometimes life's a beach; sometimes, a bitch. Pic: CARA.

Whatever I write, some will agree and others will disagree. Some will be downright nasty. I read on another forum that if I turn out not to be a person who uses a wheelchair, there will be blood.

So, my anonymity will remain. It doesn’t matter who I am. I could be a parent or carer of a person with a disability, a deaf-blind actor, a teacher at a special school, a student with MS, or a person with a severed spinal column.

So get over it. There are plenty of more important things to worry about.

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  • Benevolent Malcontent says:

    06:13pm | 18/11/11

    Danzig, This is the problem with people like you. You don’t have a solution so “let’s kill them?” The last person to think that way shot himself in a bunker in Berlin. Read more »

  • Benevolent Malcontent says:

    05:56pm | 18/11/11

    As a person with three separate disabilities, I have encountered every conceivable kind of abuse, have had to live with a convicted criminal (who was also disabled) and have encountered corruption and laziness from support workers. I could say more, but decency doesn’t permit. I am sick and tired of… Read more »

 

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