A poem in memory of our disabled dead
Merry Cross writes to mark this week's International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Today we remember our dead
Our dead disabled brothers and sisters
ConDem-ed to death
For daring to need support
ConDem-ed to death
By systems designed to fail them
ConDem-ed to death
By stress and starvation.
ConDem-ed to death
By one of the richest governments in the world.
Merry Cross is a member of Berks Disabled People Against Cuts and she calls for all to stand by seriously ill and disabled people. You can contact Merry on berksdpac@gmail.com and find out more on the DPAC website.
The UN’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities takes place on 3 December every year.
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