Unitec disgrace

[Swoop]

I'd love to see the guy becomes an electrician and changing lightbulbs on the ceiling, crawling on the attic space, and wiring a building from top to bottom without taking all his clients to the newspaper for not providing him with disability lifts and having crawlspace where his wheelchair wouldn't fit.

There are quite a lot of opportunities for "electrical" people who spend their day sitting, at a bench, fixing electrical things. Society has accepted the "cheaper is better" approach, so stuff breaks down more often.
This is probably an excellent opportunity for the chap. Training / re-training and all of that.

[Marmoot]

There are quite a lot of opportunities for "electrical" people who spend their day sitting, at a bench, fixing electrical things. Society has accepted the "cheaper is better" approach, so stuff breaks down more often.
This is probably an excellent opportunity for the chap. Training / re-training and all of that.

True that. Just need to get a good forklift to get the 60" projector TVs up the bench.

[Grahameeboy]

I know he's in a wheelchair. Is he glued in though?

By gravity...and the fact cannot weight bear so crutches no good

One that is true. No one should think about how to live your life except yourself.

True but in my situation I have learned to ask for help


You are naive....

Fair enough...I can live with that

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[Grahameeboy]

Thanks for the offer Graham but actually 99% of the time he is a healthy active 10 year old. he has arthritis and on a bad day he can't put any weight on his knees. I did get him a cane and we have a pair of crutches but mostly he is fine so long as he doesn't over do things.
There is a small chance he will grow out of it. As for a wheel chair, I prefer him to stay active. So long as we keep it under control, he should never need one.

What annoys me is lack of funding for physio cause that would greatly benefit him.

Cool...

Physio...what you will find is that he M. of Health prefer family intervention which is the case with Nats although I just have to do stretches as her condition is a deteriorating one.

Try this link http://www.disabilityfunding.co.nz/i...egoryID=100008

Am pretty certain you can get funding. Usually find you have to find sources...have you asked the Dr...Call the Wilson Home....

[Grahameeboy]

True that. Just need to get a good forklift to get the 60" projector TVs up the bench.

Do you find it hard to be ignorant...

[Grahameeboy]

Lets face it Marmoot, this thread is not about a cripple wanting to become an electrician, or about Unitec.

It's so as people can assuage their white middle class guilt and at a very attractive cost to themselves - nothing.

It's a win win situation, warm fuzzies for free.

Did you forget your weetbix this morning....

[Forest]

HTFU. Yeah Right....

The society needs to HTFU and stop sensationalising about these type of issues instead.

I'd love to see the guy becomes an electrician and changing lightbulbs on the ceiling, crawling on the attic space, and wiring a building from top to bottom without taking all his clients to the newspaper for not providing him with disability lifts and having crawlspace where his wheelchair wouldn't fit.

Know what? I'll probably apply for a prostitute job at the White House later and sue them for discrimination if they don't accept me just because I'm ugly.

FFS....what's next? Blind guy wants to be a commercial liner pilot? I dare you to have the first flight with him.

Each to their calling, mate. Pigs can't fly and elephants shouldn't jump off the cliffs.

Christ you're despicable.

You also have some odd ideas about what electricians actually do for a living.

[Marmoot]

Do you find it hard to be ignorant...

For a caring person like me? You have no idea...

Glad I have you as my friend though.

[Grahameeboy]

For a caring person like me? You have no idea...

Glad I have you as my friend though.

I don't bear malice...just could not resist so apologies but life is not as black and white as you think is all that I am saying.

[Marmoot]

I don't bear malice...just could not resist so apologies but life is not as black and white as you think is all that I am saying.

No apologies necessary. It was a discussion, ideas are exchanged. Fair game.

Agree life is all different shade of gray.

You were coming from disabled person's point of view.
I came from a person sick of society's inverse-discrimination, inverse-racism, and media's "bad news is good news".

I support your point on disabled facilities in universities. I don't support your view that what Unitec's did was disgraceful, but rather an oversight to an anomaly, and I definitely loathe the Herald's Jacquiline Smith expose.

We should go for a ride sometime and continue the discussion eh. My workload just arrived so can't be bothered to reply this thread anymore.

[Grahameeboy]

No apologies necessary. It was a discussion, ideas are exchanged. Fair game.

Agree life is all different shade of gray.

You were coming from disabled person's point of view.
I came from a person sick of society's inverse-discrimination, inverse-racism, and media's "bad news is good news".

I support your point on disabled facilities in universities. I don't support your view that what Unitec's did was disgraceful, but rather an oversight to an anomaly, and I definitely loathe the Herald's Jacquiline Smith expose.

We should go for a ride sometime and continue the discussion eh. My workload just arrived so can't be bothered to reply this thread anymore.

25% of Kiwi's have a disability, is not an anomaly but peeing in a bowl is...

Yes to Ride sometime...don't have Nats this weekend. PM me...

[Ixion]

The dude can use his arms? I got a chain saw. Sorted.

EADIT: If he can't , I'll do the chain saw bit. Serious. Have the Press standing by.

[Grahameeboy]

The dude can use his arms? I got a chain saw. Sorted.

EADIT: If he can't , I'll do the chain saw bit. Serious. Have the Press standing by.

And your point......................

[Ixion]

Where there's a will, there's a way. If the problem is the wheel chair can't get into the toilet, extend the opening. If Unitec can't/won't do it right sharpish, then someone else can. Five minutes with a chain saw, bigger door hole, sorted. In the time spent for everyone involved to boitch about it , an enterprising engineer could have *solved* the problem.