Children in Need

[KeithD]

if u lived in birmingham, you'd be donating an arab kid to the arabs, coz the people next door would be arabs anyhow lol

When was the last time you visited Pakistan.....sorry Birmingham?

[Gavanddal]

Talking of Children in Need, I've just read on Direct.gov that the disabled can drive at 16!!!!!!!!!!!
Can you imagine that? Disabled children driving, that's scary. There should be a big warning sign on the back of their cars!!

Or the other way of looking at it is that normal, fit, able, intelligent young people are being discriminated against. Isn't that illegal?

Personally I think people shouldn't drive until they're 21 when they're a bit more mature.

[KeithD]

So you'd prefer a 16yo paraplegic to get on a bus then? And not have the independence of other folk the same age? Besides, other kids only have to wait a year.

I very much doubt a disabled 16yo, would drive the same way as an 18yo roadster, they are the killers.

[andypaul]

The freedom it gives the disabled 16 year old i doubt very many would ever dare drive dangrously.

[joebloggs]

totally agree with scouser keith and andypaul, when your a disabled teenager, you've had to grow up quicker and be more mature and responsible than your average teenager, and take things less for granted..

[Gavanddal]

I don't see how you can generalize. I don't think my 16 year old son is less mature because he's able bodied

[KeithD]

I don't see how you can generalize. I don't think my 16 year old son is less mature because he's able bodied

You've never worked with real disabled teenagers then have you? Insurers charge £2000+ for the first year on teenagers for a reason, the disabled folk are covered by Motability, and they would not give them a vehicle if it was a higher than normal risk, which able bodied teenagers are. The stats are quite clear.

[joebloggs]

i think many disabled teenagers would be more mature than your average teenager, as they may have had to make decisions about life-threatening surgery and cope with a level of pain which would flatten most non-disabled people, and forced to deal with their disability and miss out on a 'normal childhood', just as many teenagers and even younger have to mature quicker when they face looking after a disabled parent and becoimng more responsible...

[KeithD]

Philippines!!! I thought you were talking about London

[Gavanddal]

Actually, no word of a lie, I was approached every single day by beggars when I worked in Liverpool. This didn't happen to me in the Philippines. Interesting parallel eh?

[KeithD]

Actually, no word of a lie, I was approached every single day by beggars when I worked in Liverpool. This didn't happen to me in the Philippines. Interesting parallel eh?

They're not beggars......that's just the way we are