I watched this documentry last week or so called 'The Strangest Hotel in Britain' on Channel 4 about this hotel called 'The Foxes' in Minehead (Somerset) which trains young people with special needs in skills and qualifications needed for the hotel trade.
One of the guests who stayed there was asked to leave because she disapproved with the fact that the staff were all special needs. She was a Christian too.
2007-03-03 00:28:24 · 8 answers · asked by _ 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Foxes Hotel: http://www.foxesacademy.ac.uk/
2007-03-03 00:54:10 · update #1
Some people are sad gits. I was n a shop the other day with an elderly woman and younger man who had cerebral palsy.
When he saw me waiting to pass he gently touched the woman's arm, I thanked him, then she. The smile on her face told me some people had either been outright unkind or had ignored him.
--That Cheeky Lad
"Everyone deserves the chance to be recognised, repsected, and given the opportunity to go as far as they can in life"
2007-03-03 01:10:24 · answer #1 · answered by Charles-CeeJay_UK_ USA/CheekyLad 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Whatever the persons views or religion it obviously is just a personal thing.
Nobody should be made to hide from being involved in life. We all have the right to participate in the community to the best of our abilities. It sounds like the guest who was asked to leave was causing problems and, as in any hotel, a troublesome guest is politely asked to behave or leave. It is the guests fault if she cannot deal with it.
I do not think religion really comes into it though.
2007-03-03 08:35:46 · answer #2 · answered by harry_the_monk 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If executed properly, something like this could work. You always have the possibility that the people will be mistreated, abused, unpaid, and the like. In my hometown, the adults with special needs all work at the recycling center; they crush pop cans. They also build bird houses and trophies in the back. But yes, ultimately, they are sequestered in their own little world.
2007-03-03 08:34:03 · answer #3 · answered by startthisover 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, not hidden away, but I think there is a strong argument for keeping people in a supportive environment. For many years I worked with people with learning difficulties and I saw many examples of people just being dumped into the 'community' and floundering badly.
2007-03-03 08:34:04 · answer #4 · answered by Avondrow 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Of course not. They're people, but with learning difficulties. They're part of society. That woman should be barred from every hotel in England. It's idiots like her who drag us back to the dark ages
2007-03-03 08:35:46 · answer #5 · answered by Taylor29 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I can't believe anyone would believe we need to keep special needs people seperate from the rest of society. There are lots of people I would like to be kept away from, druggies, rapists, murderers, people who whinge about their human rights after commiting crime after crime, kids with no respect for law, pc people chavs the list is endless.. You don't see down's syndrome people in the paper for committing crime or pretending to be christians
2007-03-03 08:32:20 · answer #6 · answered by joepublic101 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
That woman should be locked away, everyone has to make a life for themselves and try to support themselves.
2007-03-03 08:33:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
my son has very severe tourettes syndrome and is very verbal and sometimes. i feel people are thinking the same, but my view is sod them all he is my son, and i am proud of him and i will never hide him away, so all you people in bradford who have encountered him deal with it .
2007-03-03 10:00:39 · answer #8 · answered by callan 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋