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MPs have Disabled people's 'lives in their hands' but do they really understand?

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29.07.2025

Victoria-Jayne is a LLM LPC law graduate and qualified journalist via the Academy for Disabled Journalists. You can get in touch via email at: contact@legallypowered.co.uk or visit www.legallypowered.co.uk.

I once believed that being disabled was something to be ashamed of, often hiding the fact that I had disabilities. When I did disclose I was disabled, I would often face misunderstanding from others and looking back now, bullying over it.

Even when I got to a point when I had to face that I had a disability and use a power chair to get around, I still felt ashamed. But looking back, I had no reason.

This is me, this is who I am, like it or........

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