I just might have some reasonably good news to direct you to here. The BBC has pledged to quadruple the number of disabled people it puts on TV by 2017 as part of a radical package of measures across the corporation. That might mean that, at last, us crips will get the visibility we need in order to combat the myths and stereotypes we face every day. After all, what better way is here to combat prejudice than to educate people by exposing them to a community that is largely hidden and invisible? While I think the 2012 paralympics started the push towards a greater acceptance of disabled people, there is a lot of work still to do: one of the myths we certainly still need to combat is the one that says we’re all itching to end our lives, which is why I, like many disabled people, worry about today’s debate in the Lord’s. Hopefully this step by the bbc might help to redress that – it is high time we had some happy, outgoing disabled people on television, who don’t overtly draw attention to their disabilities but who just get on with life like anyone else.