I think the positive is it's one of the isms you talk about

Disablism racism racism I feel like when someone actually engages with a

disabled person some of them misconceptions drop away, maybe a bit quicker

than with the other isms. I don't know, the listeners might have other experiences, but I felt that it does those

prejudice drop away quite quickly once someone interacts and sees you as a

person and in my case doesn't see the wheelchair. But I think for those that are not as

you know having disabled friends or involved or you know coming into contact with

disabled people.

The perception definitely is around pity and sympathy

that because you're in the chair

and you have something that's not you know as known or as as typical must mean that life is

awful and you know things must be terrible so I think there's a lot of yeah a lot of

pity and sympathy that people may be presume.

I think sometimes people have a view around intelligence and intellectual capability.

Because you're sat down in a chair on wheels

that there may be cognitively or emotionally,

you're not going to be as capable and of course when we talk about

disability it's a wide spectrum and that's something that will maybe come onto a

bit later in terms of you know with the job at the charity in London and doing the things I've done

self-employed since I've embraced beyond what it is to be disabled in the way I am but

to understand what it is to be there for blind and other you know different

conditions so but yeah for the misconceptions people have with me then there's definitely a lot around whether there's a lack of

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