Real courage

Since I’m often in BBC attack dog mode, perhaps I need to correct any impression that I’m merely an attack dog. There was a programme on Radio 4 tonight in the File on 4 slot about a disabled (cerebral palsy) woman’s dilemma about having children. This developed into a study of whether disabled people should even consider having children, given the negativity they face just as disabled people—let alone those that breed. I’ve rarely heard such an evocation of human love, delivered without any self-pity or reference to self-ordination. It was the kind of story—of ordinary people’s lives—that if I wished to be controversial would blow away the endless peddling of how others, living a life of great privilege have somehow led ‘extraordinary’ lives. I would thoroughly recommend listening to this programme on the BBC sounds I-player thingy to hear a formidably life affirming programme.