Having any form of disability is difficult as in some way or form you are disadvantaged to an able person. Disability means that it is difficult to carry out basic tasks whether your physically or mentally disabled. A fact of life is that you want to fit in with everyone and sadly if your disabled it does mean that you can not do this however I am not going to write all the disadvantages because from personal experiences and fellow disabled people I know we are all happy, we all accept the way we are and would not change ourselves. If you have a disability then don't worry as although you maybe disadvantaged in one area your excellent in another. Life is precious no matter what form of life that is. Accept what life throws at you, ignore what the world says and stay strong and be happy.
Wednesday, 20 February 2013
Tuesday, 19 February 2013
TheBlindJournalist: Gay Marriage
My blog is going to be about David Cameron's attempt to change the image of his party by extending the rights of those people who choose to be gay. However, Mr Cameron's attempts have failed which is shown by a YouGay poll. Over half of the conservative MP's voted against David Cameron's attempt to broaden the rights of homosexuals. The total number being 134 Tories voting against the Prime Minister. Even though the majority of his party voted against him Mr Cameron succeeded in making civil partnership marriages legal.
It is felt and thought that the only reason why Mr Cameron did this was to change and modernise the views that people have of the conservative party but the YouGay poll suggests that:
Richard Hammond, Conservative MP said that "In 26 years as an MP, I never once got a letter calling for gay marriage"
Nonetheless this shouldn't be a problem for the Conservative party because there has been previous occasions where MP's have not backed the PM, an example of this is the EU referendom split in 2011 and nothing happened after that, the topic was forgotten so the likelihood is this split won't make a big difference or be a big issue for the Tories and the main question is that even if there was an issue who would replace Mr Cameron?
Simply, David Cameron's plan has come back to bite him on the ...
It is felt and thought that the only reason why Mr Cameron did this was to change and modernise the views that people have of the conservative party but the YouGay poll suggests that:
- Two thirds believe that the Conservatives are now a divided party
- Both supporters and opponents to the vote say the Conservative party is in a worse light than before the vote.
Richard Hammond, Conservative MP said that "In 26 years as an MP, I never once got a letter calling for gay marriage"
Nonetheless this shouldn't be a problem for the Conservative party because there has been previous occasions where MP's have not backed the PM, an example of this is the EU referendom split in 2011 and nothing happened after that, the topic was forgotten so the likelihood is this split won't make a big difference or be a big issue for the Tories and the main question is that even if there was an issue who would replace Mr Cameron?
Simply, David Cameron's plan has come back to bite him on the ...
Tuesday, 5 February 2013
TheBlindJournalist: Retinitis Pigmentosa
About the eye illness which every 1 in 4000 people suffer from in the UK, Retinitis Pigmentosa. This is one of the eye conditions that I suffer from. I talk about some of my experiences and about pioneering surgery that took place in 2012. Apologies, I didn't realise the camera was that close to my face!
Tuesday, 8 January 2013
TheBlindJournalist: UN Climate Talks in Doha
194 delegates representing their countries gathered in Doha, Qatar from the 26th November to 8th December 2012 to work on an ambitious, legally binding and fair global deal on the climate. It was the United Nations Climate Change Conference. This was the first time that a UN Climate Change Conference was ever held in the Middle East. The Conference in itself drew roughly 9,000 participants; 4,356 of the 9,000 being government officials, 3,956 representatives of UN bodies, agencies, intergovernmental organisations and civil society organisations, 683 members of the media. The main focus for this conference was to make sure that what was discussed and agreed upon in previous conferences was implemented.
What happened at the conference?
The package of “Doha Climate Gateway” decisions were adopted included amendments to the K
yoto Protocol to establish its second commitment period. Having been launched at CMP 1 in 2005, the AWG-KP terminated its work in Doha. The parties also agreed to terminate the AWG-LCA and negotiations under the Bali Action Plan. Key elements of the outcome also included agreement to consider loss and damage, “such as” institutional mechanism to address loss and damage in developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change.
Smaller countries felt that this opportunity wasn't taken to really make a difference however that a path was paved for a better future. Countries agreed and signed a legally binding contract to the K Yoto Protocol for them to support the smaller countries against climate change.
The larger countries such as America would pay the smaller countries for the amount of global warming they create i.e if America create a lot of problems for the earth then they'd have to pay the smaller countries money to hep them
What happened at the conference?
The package of “Doha Climate Gateway” decisions were adopted included amendments to the K
yoto Protocol to establish its second commitment period. Having been launched at CMP 1 in 2005, the AWG-KP terminated its work in Doha. The parties also agreed to terminate the AWG-LCA and negotiations under the Bali Action Plan. Key elements of the outcome also included agreement to consider loss and damage, “such as” institutional mechanism to address loss and damage in developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change.
Smaller countries felt that this opportunity wasn't taken to really make a difference however that a path was paved for a better future. Countries agreed and signed a legally binding contract to the K Yoto Protocol for them to support the smaller countries against climate change.
The larger countries such as America would pay the smaller countries for the amount of global warming they create i.e if America create a lot of problems for the earth then they'd have to pay the smaller countries money to hep them
Wednesday, 12 December 2012
TheBlindJournalist: TV Debate
New Achievement: I was a featured guest on my first ever live TV Debate. The topic was racism and football on SKY Channel 828. I have been on live television several times in the past with all of them being on Ummah Channel however, this was my first appearance on the show Debate Night. I got to meet the presenter of the show, Mohammed Shafiq who is a very big influence and inspiration to myself. I also met two great people whom were fellow featured guests. The debate in itself was fantastic, audience participation was great and many points were raised. I thoroughly enjoyed this experience and I hope there are many more to come.
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
Saturday, 1 December 2012
TheBlindJournalist: Leveson Report
In this blog I am not going to talk about what it says in the report or what the reaction is. I am simply going to give my opinion on proceedings.
My opinion on what Lord Justice Leveson has written in his report about how the press should be run vary. Yes I do agree that there should be a statutory law but dependant on each story, a difficult and possibly impossible task to check every story however if a law is put into place it pressurises true, moral journalists as they wouldn't be able to "freely" produce content. Britain is a free market so therefore it should be a free press which allows journalists who are passionate about their job and journalism in itself to publish content which is necessary. Due to a handful of immoral, heartless and selfish individuals journalism has been degraded in society and true dedicated journalists have been forgotten or brushed to one side. I am extremely passionate about journalism and I do believe that every journalist should be objective and should report "hard stories" as I feel soft stories are not important. On the BBC's Question Time a very important and interesting point was raised that should journalism students of today be taught about ethics and morals of journalism and as a student myself I completely agree that they should. It was utterly wrong what some individuals did to gain stories, I myself don't class them as journalists because they completely went against the morals of journalism however because of them the industry of journalism should not be looked down upon.
My opinion on what Lord Justice Leveson has written in his report about how the press should be run vary. Yes I do agree that there should be a statutory law but dependant on each story, a difficult and possibly impossible task to check every story however if a law is put into place it pressurises true, moral journalists as they wouldn't be able to "freely" produce content. Britain is a free market so therefore it should be a free press which allows journalists who are passionate about their job and journalism in itself to publish content which is necessary. Due to a handful of immoral, heartless and selfish individuals journalism has been degraded in society and true dedicated journalists have been forgotten or brushed to one side. I am extremely passionate about journalism and I do believe that every journalist should be objective and should report "hard stories" as I feel soft stories are not important. On the BBC's Question Time a very important and interesting point was raised that should journalism students of today be taught about ethics and morals of journalism and as a student myself I completely agree that they should. It was utterly wrong what some individuals did to gain stories, I myself don't class them as journalists because they completely went against the morals of journalism however because of them the industry of journalism should not be looked down upon.
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