Mrs Speers is a champion to handle her life in such a positive way! She is truly an inspiration of how the spirit can overcome. So few people understand that many illnesses today are Autoimmune Disease ..Diabetes/Arthrits/Meniere's/Cro hn's.....the list goes on....nor do they understand that there is not one cure or even an effective treatment for the 100 Autoimmune diseases people can suffer. Autoimmune Disease is a new modern day epidemic we are all facing. Autoimmune disease is the body's Immune system turning on any part of the body and destroying it. Nobody in the world yet understands it..it ranks alongside Cancer as one of the hardest things to fix..I pray that an answer comes soon.

I especially agree with Seamus Speers and his opinion on some members of the General Public being rude when you have a Disability. Unforunately people are frequently rude. I've had bus drivers have to forcefully tell mothers with toddlers they cant take the front Disabled seat off me. (No they weren't pregnant). I've received everything from filthy looks to abuse when Lawfully using my Disabled parking permit from drivers who dont have one and wanted the space. I've had people shove, barge and push past me in the Supermarket, Bank, Crowded places when using my cane, all the while muttering and shooting me dirty looks as if to say "How dare you slow down MY progress!"and I've seen them do exactly the SAME thing to other Disabled people of all ages. I've had some people not ask but rudely demand whats wrong with me. Not long ago I gained a great deal of weight due to the Medication I was taking and I have to say the treatment was much worse. I had a bad fall caused by a woman barging past me and did she stop? No. Did anyone Help? Yes. One kind lady of about 60 with a CANE did! The next week I demanded a Meds change and the weight started to fall of and was gone in a few months. I've only had my Physical Disability for just on 5 years and I'm learning to stick up for myself as a Disabled Person. So if you're a stanger and ask what's "wrong" with me you're going to be politely but curtly told that there is nothing "wrong" with me but my Disability is None of your Business. Try and rudely shove past me in a crowded place when you can see I have a Mobility Aid and you are going to hear a loud, firm but polite "um EXCUSE me!" (I find it works wonderfully. The offender looks stunned as they snap out of their little world and see me) and as for Disabled seating and parking? They are called that for a reason. They are for Disabled people. The seats on busses are not for Folded prams or able-bodied people who dont want to walk 10 extra steps to the next seat. And the parking is not for parents with PRAMS, lazy shoppers who don't want to walk and those who class Laziness as a Disability. So Mrs Speers, hold your head high and proud. Ignore the rude and the Ignorant looks. People like that are not worth your notice or time.

I'm sorry for everthing