A peek into lives of disabled and spelling errors
PETER GRIFFIN
Ouch – http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch
One of the many great sites that the BBC hosts, Ouch is about the lives of
disabled people. But what separates it from the many–most of them really
good–sites out there that seek to do the same? For one, it’s not about
helpful hints and tips and the like. Nor does it crusade for rights. What
really sets it apart is its attitude: it does not condescend; it does not
ask for quarter; it’s in your face. Its many talented columnists and its
subject matter focus on “personal stuff, minutiae of everyday life and that
fantastic dark sense of humour and inevitable cynicism that we disabled
people tend to have. Oh, and we don’t shy away from subjects that other
people might be a bit wary of.” And that’s the way it should be, no?