Showing posts with label disabled. Show all posts
Showing posts with label disabled. Show all posts

Sunday, September 30, 2007

I need a handicapped sticker!

Belgian disabled get access to prostitutes
“It often happens that one of our residents will ask for a prostitute,” said Kris Schauwbroeck, a social worker at Driehuizen home.
“We feel we should grant that request, because the disabled too have the right to their sexuality. And in general the prostitutes have responded positively.” READ THE TELEGRAPH

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Go Karts!! Are These People Mad?

The popular mobility scooter, which has given many elderly and disabled people a new lease of life, has fallen prey to an EU-imposed tax.
Costing £2,500 on average and mostly imported from Taiwan and China, they are exempt from VAT for disabled purchasers and until recently, were also free of customs duty.

Ray Hodgkinson, director general of the British Healthcare Trades Association (BHTA), warned that the decision to treat the vehicles as "go-karts" could bankrupt some companies. READ ON