'not normal' ?

[Jard]

Here's another opinion from 'Idiot Smith':

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-ouch-34197074

Him of the cheesy grin

[toolook]

Here's another opinion from 'Idiot Smith':

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-ouch-34197074

Him of the cheesy grin

Non-story. We are not normal, in the strict sense of the world. Disabled people are the minority and the majority are normal.

Definition of normal is: the usual, typical, or expected state or condition. We, Disabled people don't fit that. So IDS was correct in the use.

What IDS thinks doesn't really matter, it won't make a difference to your or my life whether IDS thinks we are abnormal, normal or any other word.

[flowerangelx]

What is considered 'normal'?!

If it's being a sheep and following what is supposed to be normality, I'm quite content being different. It makes me who I am!

[reddivine]

Meh...we don't do normal round here...

[babyblu64]

I am "normal" for me. But, I would not fit into most peoples idea of normal. That's fine by me though, who wants to be the same as everyone else?

[sea queen]

I dislike the word 'normal' when used to describe a person.

We are all individuals - so there is no 'normal' in my book!

[rich-ward]

Well, regardless of what a dictionary definition of 'normal' is - how IDS sees disabled people does have a huge impact on all disabled people's lives. What he thinks does matter - a great deal.