Where exactly do the bad vibes originate?
Since our website has been operating, only two negative articles have appeared in the press and both of these were in Romania. It seems that discrimination against people with disabilities in eastern European countries is still very prominent. Newspapers tell their readers that amputees should not appear in public and we know from our own experience that people with disabilities feel very ashamed to take part in any activities that would be likely to attract attention in any way. One newspaper comment even said that we should bring Adolf Hitler back and kill all disabled people. These are very right wing and extreme viewpoints and everything possible must be done to counteract this kind of attitude. We condemn comments like this in the strongest possible terms. OK so gypsies don’t like amputees. What about the rest of the world? Sadly, society’s general acceptance of disabled people—as models and as people who, despite their physical challenges, manage to lead a normal life—varies grea
