I'm just catching up on all your Greek fragments - I'm so happy you get to be there! It's extraordinary... to think this is the cradle of western civilisation, myth, all of that... it's an ambition of mine to go there someday. And oddly it didn't start to feel like a possibility until I was in hospital on TPN years back - I was looking at a friend's holiday photos and it clicked for me that this might be Difficult but not Impossible. Of course nowadays, post-TPN, it'd be considerably less difficult, so when we are further out from Covid that will need some thought perhaps.
And what you're experiencing is 100% discrimination. It's ableism. And one of the reasons it's possible is that in the air is one place where disability rights legislation does not apply - they're allowed to do all kinds of shit that an establishment on the ground would... well, let's be honest, it might happen, but if you had the money and the intestinal fortitude to attempt legal action, you would at least be able to challenge it. This has been a bugbear of disabled activists for a long, long time unfortunately.
I am continually impressed by how inspirational your reports are.
You are too kind, sir. Y'all all gave me years to figure out what I wanted to say, and how I wanted to say it.
I'm just catching up on all your Greek fragments - I'm so happy you get to be there! It's extraordinary... to think this is the cradle of western civilisation, myth, all of that... it's an ambition of mine to go there someday. And oddly it didn't start to feel like a possibility until I was in hospital on TPN years back - I was looking at a friend's holiday photos and it clicked for me that this might be Difficult but not Impossible. Of course nowadays, post-TPN, it'd be considerably less difficult, so when we are further out from Covid that will need some thought perhaps.
And what you're experiencing is 100% discrimination. It's ableism. And one of the reasons it's possible is that in the air is one place where disability rights legislation does not apply - they're allowed to do all kinds of shit that an establishment on the ground would... well, let's be honest, it might happen, but if you had the money and the intestinal fortitude to attempt legal action, you would at least be able to challenge it. This has been a bugbear of disabled activists for a long, long time unfortunately.
IT's almost too big a fight to contemplate. But hey! We need to talk soon anyway. I'm planning on a trip in 2023--to England, Ireland, and Scotland.
Awesome! :D