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32-14.33 32-32v-96h48c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16V256c0-35.35-28.65-64-64-64zm-64 256H128v-96h256v96zm0-224H128V64h192v48c0 8.84 7.16 16 16 16h48v96zm48 72c-13.25 0-24-10.75-24-24 0-13.26 10.75-24 24-24s24 10.74 24 24c0 13.25-10.75 24-24 24z"></path></svg></a></li></ul></div></div></li></ul></div></div><article class="b-it-article-body article-body-wrapper article-sub-wrapper"><p class="c-paragraph">More than two-fifths of men binge drink on a typical drinking occasion such as a night out, according to a study assessing the health of the nation.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">The Department of Health on Tuesday published its 2024 Healthy Ireland survey, which was conducted by polling company Ipsos B&A. Almost 7,400 people aged over 15 participated in the research.</p><div id="arcad-feature-f0ffkTty6QNr1mi-3-4-8-bd60f454548d5" class="default__StyledAdUnit-sc-1moicrg-0 gKEhzJ arcad-feature"><div class="arcad-container width_100" style="max-width:300px"><div id="arcad_f0ffkTty6QNr1mi-3-4-8-bd60f454548d5" class="arcad ad-300x250"></div></div></div><p class="c-paragraph paywall">It found that 28 per cent of people binge drink on a typical night out, up from 24 per cent last year. For men, this figure is 42 per cent while for women it is 14 per cent. Binge drinking is defined as consuming six or more drinks in one sitting.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">Men aged 15 to 24 have the highest level of binge drinking at 50 per cent with this age group also having the highest prevalence among women at 26 per cent. 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However, he said there is a “very concerning” increase in binge drinking which is “back in line” with rates seen pre-pandemic.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">Prof Mary Horgan, the department’s chief medical officer, said there is a need to look at the issue of binge drinking “over a period of time”.</p><div id="arcad-feature-f0fF3YXEzrty1PE-3-4-3-dff7cf75c36fb" class="default__StyledAdUnit-sc-1moicrg-0 gKEhzJ arcad-feature"><div class="arcad-container width_100" style="max-width:550px"><div id="arcad_f0fF3YXEzrty1PE-3-4-3-dff7cf75c36fb" class="arcad ad-550x250"></div></div></div><p class="c-paragraph paywall">“We need to get a better understanding of who it’s happening to age group wise [and] where it’s happening. Is it at home? Is it pre-drinking before people go out? Or is it all outside? And then trying to developing policy to underpin the safe consumption of alcohol.”</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">They survey also highlighted a decrease in the numbers meeting physical activity guidelines and a reduction in the numbers eating the recommended five portions of fruit and vegetables per day.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">A total of 41 per cent of people achieve the national physical activity guidelines, which recommends 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous exercise a week. Mr O’Leary said there is a “persistent gender gap in physical activity levels”.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">Half of men met the recommended activity levels, but the rate fell to just 33 per cent among women. The proportion of people meeting the guidelines also declines with age.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">The results also showed a rise in the number of people who reported consuming sugar-sweetened drinks at least once a week, which stood at 32 per cent this year, up from 29 per cent in 2019.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">The survey found 17 per cent of the population are smokers, broadly in line with the 18 per cent recorded last year. There has been a downward trend in this area, with 23 per cent smoking in 2014. 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Despite, or indeed because of, the pain we have to carry on and find meaning and connection in our lives, not only for our own benefit but also for the benefit of those we love.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZQQLMDGRJBGEVC3SHESQACCN5M","additional_properties":{"_id":1732624095819},"content":"We know that one of the best gifts a parent can give a child is to be happy themselves. This is not a simple ask as it involves the parent focusing on creating a life for themselves that is fulfilling, outside of the parent role. As someone in their 60s, you might begin to use your current situation as a push to consider change in your life. There is a surprising rule that we are more open to change when we are already in a state of flux, there is not much comfort or happiness in your current life, so gather your energy and push beyond your familiar limits. Your motivation can be that you want to be strong and capable for your daughter, so that she has you to back her up in her life, and that you can demonstrate to her how to have a life worth living despite difficulties.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6EM2PNZMAFDBBBMVWBHEVFAIDU","additional_properties":{"_id":1732624095820},"content":"It is not easy to make genuine connections, but all of this starts with spending time with people you either admire or share an interest with. This used to happen at work but hybrid working has lessened this possibility, and in your case you may be thinking of retirement in the near future. You are not alone in feeling so bereft and it would benefit you to connect with others who share a sense of loss – if you live in a city you may have the option of joining a weekly therapy group (see group analytic psychotherapy for more information) or if you are in a rural area you may need to take the risk of opening up to someone you think worthy of your honesty.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YZETYW7KFBB5RJTLLYAGAO7ZRE","additional_properties":{"_id":"KEAFGV3VMBBI7HZHGMH746AWU4"},"content":"Group therapy: How to learn about yourself in the company of strangers","type":"interstitial_link"},{"_id":"BCNFEZMGXJH27OFTBYUVCPH33I","additional_properties":{"_id":1732624095821},"content":"The way friendships deepen is when we allow ourselves to be vulnerable with another – we should do this with intelligence and judge the listener to be a good person. This may not always work, but if it doesn’t, the fault lies with the other and it should not make us retreat into further reclusiveness. Spending time (turning up week after week) with a group of people, whether that be sport, a book club or art group, will eventually gain a sense of community, so simply committing to attendance offers a great chance of eventual connection.","type":"text"},{"_id":"SJT66TDVMRDKBOZJNA6COXXNPE","additional_properties":{"_id":1732624095822},"content":"Equally so, volunteering is a quick path to both meaning and networking so look up local options and take the first step towards expanding your circle. Your life needs change, it needs connection, and your desolation is pushing you to demand a better life for yourself. 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So if I don’t do anything then the endometriosis will get worse and it will just make holes in the diaphragm. Then the diaphragm might just collapse and break. It’s been traumatic,” she said.","type":"text"},{"_id":"UD4XD5PBAVHVRP3PZHZG3ULNLE","additional_properties":{"_id":1733234160539},"content":"“I will be mobile but I won’t be able to exert myself as much. Like I wouldn’t be able to jog down the road because I’d be too breathless. I’ll need assistance from a walking aid on the bad days because when I will get a period, it might get sore again. And I’d have a wheelchair for the really, really bad days. 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I can finally exhale that massive breath of anxiety that filled my lungs when he was diagnosed with cancer in 2014.","type":"text"},{"_id":"I3BZHBKYEVECBKSL4I4QCJ6J2E","additional_properties":{"_id":1732698625946},"content":"The future petrified me then, and now I welcome it with open arms – ready to devour it.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WRWEZUMKC5DATBMQO2BBWLJBAI","additional_properties":{"_id":1731665190256},"content":"The further you get from diagnosis day, the more you can relax back into the circadian rhythms of life – much like how we all did post Covid. It’s where we’re happiest.","type":"text"},{"_id":"AEPZPIVSFZH4DDZ7GJKZXNV4QU","additional_properties":{"_id":1732718922752},"content":"The first couple of years of recovery were peppered with multiple infections and hospital readmissions, but the remaining were filled with momentous family occasions. Children’s weddings and graduations and three Christenings for each of our grandchildren have helped to exfoliate the gritty lows over the years. Wonderful family occasions for all to celebrate. At the end of these, when it’s just himself and myself, the thought is never far away – “Imagine if I had died. You would have had to be there all on your own. I would have missed so much.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"33GFNTEXGRDO5N7MZXJ2P6JH4E","additional_properties":{"_id":1732698625948},"content":"An emotionally heavy comment.","type":"text"},{"_id":"FMO2INW6DFEEFD7Y5Z3RTZMBME","additional_properties":{"_id":1732718922754},"content":"There is no denying his absence would have tainted all such celebrations with sadness, and our thoughts often go to all those who were not so lucky to escape cancer’s hold.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6FRUCCS5JBDGJOHIXAFWOSAI7M","additional_properties":{"_id":1731665190257},"content":"What has saddened us both over the past decade are the amount of our friends and acquaintances whose lives have been cruelly stolen by the disease – despite the advances in cancer therapies. I can think of five people who were fit and well when Enda got sick and would have often inquired about his health – only to be diagnosed themselves and subsequently pass away. It’s unfathomable. I imagine that when they inquired about my husband’s health, they would never have thought in a million years that cancer would brutally rob them of their own lives a couple of years later.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JBCAAXOSLJH77EV4U6MQMTMLHU","additional_properties":{"_id":"BPQERZNVD5HZVPRE7IIGGKNA6Q"},"type":"image"},{"_id":"D4C5H5B2KFHIBJH73JUF54J5BI","additional_properties":{"_id":1731665190258},"content":"I recall about three years into Enda’s recovery, we were out walking and met one such person with his wife. We stopped, had the “and how are you doing? Jaysus, you’re looking great” chit-chat and then carried on. I said, “I betcha, he’s telling his wife that you’re the guy who had leukaemia,” and my husband said, “no doubt”.","type":"text"},{"_id":"MUWQ2UEXPZD3THLICPP5QG4DJE","additional_properties":{"_id":1732698625951},"content":"Two years later, that man died from bowel cancer. We were both shocked by the quick malignance with which this sneaky disease took this man’s life. There always follows a brief moment of survivor’s guilt. After we saw this man’s wife a couple of years later, my husband said, “that could have been you”.","type":"text"},{"_id":"K7CQOTNDQVBUXAODKM56JHLW6I","additional_properties":{"_id":1732698625952},"content":"We’re not constantly dwelling on this every time someone dies from cancer, but from time to time you do stop and reflect. It doesn’t go unnoticed.","type":"text"},{"_id":"IXKZCH4PIVEU7C7FNLUVOMHBQY","additional_properties":{"_id":1731665190259},"content":"I often wonder is there some sort of Cancer Committee up above, conniving with glee whilst scanning down on us all and pointing, “let’s give him stage 4 pancreatic”, drumming their fingers on a table, “and let’s give that six-month-old baby girl treatable leukaemia” and upon further contemplation, “and do you see that young mother with the two children, let’s give her breast cancer. And make it incurable.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"C6QTNCB3GBCBHEGS3JOMNZFOVY","additional_properties":{"_id":1732698625954},"content":"That’s how insidiously unfair the disease is. It does not care if you’re young, healthy, fit or a parent to young children. It just wants a target. It is all so random.","type":"text"},{"_id":"XDJTNDJHSRGYFKWSFY3RGS2QP4","additional_properties":{"_id":"4LJR27EJRJCCFLZCAODNDJ3D3Q"},"content":"‘I found it hard to believe’: Irish woman’s pain in her chest turned out to be cancer","type":"interstitial_link"},{"_id":"NMNKHNJ5AREYFJGHCOU5E4IJHE","additional_properties":{"_id":1731665190260},"content":"So, what does a decade cancer-free look like to the survivor and his “wingman”? For the most part – wonderful, but there can be darkness for the cancer survivor. The capricious nature of low moods is often camouflaged and can be buried deep down. If left to linger it can materialise into a blanket of sadness that can weigh heavy. Enda has carried his blanket with him discreetly. Sometimes, it’s small enough to fit into his pocket and, other times, it could cover a king-size bed. It’s important to sequester the darkness, expose it and try to diffuse it. Our affinal bond has been tested many times but we’re a good team.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QYAUAXN5IBGNBE7PKHE7AAJ2VE","additional_properties":{"_id":"7YYA64EKZNDOFA7HDEA4KFIOVE"},"subtype":"pullquote","type":"quote"},{"_id":"U4M7ANSQGZA43AM3VQAPEODROM","additional_properties":{"_id":1732718922762},"content":"There is a lovely Irish saying that I read recently which sums up what we have gone through – “Giorraíonn beirt bóthar” – “two shortens the road”, and my heart goes out to anyone who has done this journey on their own.","type":"text"},{"_id":"2SUOEBHMMZFC3NYJNXYSI6Q2SM","additional_properties":{"_id":1731665190261},"content":"As for myself – as the bystander to this pernicious disease – what’s my take home from the last 10 years?","type":"text"},{"_id":"GXJ2NRE66BDNHKMP4L3ZZNMFDQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1732718922764},"content":"I have discovered some new strengths, but also unwanted weaknesses. When you are watching someone wince in pain from the harsh chemo treatment or multiple bone marrow and lumbar puncture procedures and you can do absolutely nothing to alleviate the torture of it all, it is beyond difficult. Unwittingly, by osmosis, you silently absorb all the anguish and stress. It marinates subconsciously until you can’t take in any more.","type":"text"},{"_id":"74JTO7GQOZBCZDE4H56IUGLRPI","additional_properties":{"_id":1732718922765},"content":"This overflowing of emotion has to manifest somehow, and I had my first panic attack three months post diagnosis. I hadn’t a clue what it was. I thought I was drinking too much coffee, but a friend, who recognised the symptoms, told me what I was experiencing. I have encountered quite a few over the years.","type":"text"},{"_id":"2TRNN2WAXFEQPNBUTYJEJH5ATI","additional_properties":{"_id":1732698625957},"content":"Sometimes, I recognise the signs whilst others are well disguised, such is the devious nature of anxiety. I had always heard about anxiety or panic attacks, but never gave them much credence and I certainly did not realise how enervating their effects are. Quite debilitating. My defence mechanism is a quiet space, headphones and several go-to “code red” meditations. An attack can fulminate in seconds, but the recovery can take hours. The mind is certainly a complex entity.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ITDD5OHIUFHQPNHBUQ2ITG6DD4","additional_properties":{"_id":"XAZFR6NDTZAX5KOYOU4ZCNLJ2A"},"subtype":"pullquote","type":"quote"},{"_id":"W5PRWZYXJFA75FX4ZOZAZ4WLDY","additional_properties":{"_id":1731665190262},"content":"While 10 years is a long time, I remember every single detail from those early days when Enda was fighting for his life in an oncology ward, and I would come home from the hospital each night and have a date with my tears on the couch. It all seems like yesterday. And at times, it’s hard to believe that he went through it all and came out the other end. I wouldn’t say unscathed, but alive and well. Enda has the physical scars from multiple biopsies and the plastic remnants of various Hickman lines embedded under his skin, plus the hidden psychological scars that I am sure all cancer survivors have. His punitive infections are always waiting, stage left, to take hold once a year – just a reminder of how vulnerable his 10-year-old immune system is. No notice given and not always exclusive to winter, so antibiotics are packed in the bag if we are away on holiday.","type":"text"},{"_id":"O3MJJ3KLFJEK3KHZ7563T4CDH4","additional_properties":{"_id":1731665190263},"content":"Life is good and we are so grateful and appreciative of it. We are up for new adventures because we know how quickly life can be snatched away. I think some people assume that when a cancer patient has gone through treatment and is in remission, that it’s business as usual – “move along, nothing to see here” – but that’s not always the case. They have all gone through unbelievable personal trauma that should be recognised and acknowledged. They have fought a long, arduous and lonely battle to survive and “show up”. The person in front of you could be battle-worn, spent – regardless if they have just gone through treatment or are many years post recovery. They deserve all the benevolence that can be afforded to them. Their journey of healing discovery has been one that they have each furrowed out for themselves. There is no one panacea for all – what can be powerfully liberating and ameliorating for one, can be redundant or ineffectual for another. It’s all about trial and error.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DHBNJIJJXJBT3HNFEAMSTGK36U","additional_properties":{"_id":1731665190264},"content":"The inexorable truth is that Enda nearly died 10 years ago and if it were not for his amazing consultant and medical team at <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/beaumont-hospital/\" target=\"_blank\">Beaumont</a> and <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/st-jamess-hospital/\" target=\"_blank\">St James’s</a> Hospitals, he would not have been given this second chance of life.","type":"text"},{"_id":"A6NCEYPCJVHWXL6TTUPYLCW3UI","additional_properties":{"_id":1732698625961},"content":"The enormity of this gift is never taken for granted.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BX5WUKU6JBGDBB4NFZ6LM53FHU","additional_properties":{"_id":1732698625962},"content":"Onwards and upwards to many healthy years ahead for him and to all his fellow warriors out there.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YKUKEOBHVRDZNBDSW54KKDAXRY","additional_properties":{"_id":1732698625963},"content":"And to all their “wingmen” I say – take a bow, you’ve played a blinder.","type":"text"},{"_id":"R7RLSU4PGZFMJPGI7XY25VGRHY","additional_properties":{},"type":"list"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Clíodna O’Carolan"}]},"description":{"basic":"Cliodna O’Carolan reflects her husband’s gruelling and painful fight against cancer - and her harrowing efforts to support him"},"display_date":"2024-12-04T05:31:00Z","headlines":{"basic":"Surviving cancer: To all the ‘wingmen’ I say – take a bow, you’ve played a blinder","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"8948"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"DXZ5UKYWFJHC3C3P3MDKGS6LVU","auth":{"1":"59e166347058b214a25fd574508d94a3c6db96f93c6ca0a2ad8d9450546f5d54"},"url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/DXZ5UKYWFJHC3C3P3MDKGS6LVU.JPG"}},"subtype":"columnist","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Your Wellness"},{"name":"Health"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/health/your-wellness/2024/12/04/surviving-cancer-to-all-the-wingmen-i-say-take-a-bow-youve-played-a-blinder/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/health/your-wellness","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Your Wellness"}}}},{"_id":"6S4VZDQZANBPZILXWY2UJBROS4","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":248,"audio_url":"https://beyondwords-h0e8gjgjaqe0egb7.a03.azurefd.net/audio/projects/8948/podcasts/e9af354a-6045-4994-8b8e-aaf4b98e0aee/versions/1733230892/media/09b8c147b7c0aafb83c484517455496e_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/health/2024/12/03/healthy-ireland-survey-binge-drinking-now-back-in-line-with-pre-pandemic-levels/","content_elements":[{"_id":"IJFZFIQIYVABPIVIOWO52N5KOM","additional_properties":{"_id":1733229044617},"content":"More than two-fifths of men binge drink on a typical drinking occasion such as a night out, according to a study assessing the health of the nation.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BGUAO6N5S5AQRBL5K5VH5ZYQMA","additional_properties":{"_id":1733229044618},"content":"The Department of Health on Tuesday published its 2024 Healthy Ireland survey, which was conducted by polling company Ipsos B&A. Almost 7,400 people aged over 15 participated in the research.","type":"text"},{"_id":"OWGKQNLOHVEN7DHW76JDYHNHCY","additional_properties":{"_id":1733229044619},"content":"It found that 28 per cent of people binge drink on a typical night out, up from 24 per cent last year. For men, this figure is 42 per cent while for women it is 14 per cent. Binge drinking is defined as consuming six or more drinks in one sitting.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VKWHCHGQ2NHXRH554CBGADR25Y","additional_properties":{"_id":1733229044620},"content":"Men aged 15 to 24 have the highest level of binge drinking at 50 per cent with this age group also having the highest prevalence among women at 26 per cent. Increases were seen among all age groups between 25 and 64.","type":"text"},{"_id":"HYIR5SV3PVHBDFKYPAHKRUIFFA","additional_properties":{"_id":1733229044621},"content":"Kieran O’Leary, director of Ipsos B&A, said moderate alcohol consumption has not yet returned to levels seen before the Covid-19 pandemic levels. However, he said there is a “very concerning” increase in binge drinking which is “back in line” with rates seen pre-pandemic.","type":"text"},{"_id":"WUOF5FZFHNGSDCNH5Y3INTBXFY","additional_properties":{"_id":1733229044633},"content":"Prof Mary Horgan, the department’s chief medical officer, said there is a need to look at the issue of binge drinking “over a period of time”.","type":"text"},{"_id":"FYJSH7EZXFHLBD77P4NZU63MXQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1733229044634},"content":"“We need to get a better understanding of who it’s happening to age group wise [and] where it’s happening. Is it at home? Is it pre-drinking before people go out? Or is it all outside? And then trying to developing policy to underpin the safe consumption of alcohol.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"LGDC7XAORNHNLK4XRCHBDFFT2Y","additional_properties":{"_id":1733229044623},"content":"They survey also highlighted a decrease in the numbers meeting physical activity guidelines and a reduction in the numbers eating the recommended five portions of fruit and vegetables per day.","type":"text"},{"_id":"47NDUBB77NHHRJ4CGEXCQ524YU","additional_properties":{"_id":1733229044624},"content":"A total of 41 per cent of people achieve the national physical activity guidelines, which recommends 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous exercise a week. Mr O’Leary said there is a “persistent gender gap in physical activity levels”.","type":"text"},{"_id":"PLZRKAT6CBAK3ID2HXUZ7KL7OA","additional_properties":{"_id":1733229044625},"content":"Half of men met the recommended activity levels, but the rate fell to just 33 per cent among women. The proportion of people meeting the guidelines also declines with age.","type":"text"},{"_id":"CJ7EQMSYLFFPLAINR6ZIYXLHMM","additional_properties":{"_id":1733229044626},"content":"The results also showed a rise in the number of people who reported consuming sugar-sweetened drinks at least once a week, which stood at 32 per cent this year, up from 29 per cent in 2019.","type":"text"},{"_id":"FPU7CSMOEBDMFID2GEEUEEE634","additional_properties":{"_id":1733229044627},"content":"The survey found 17 per cent of the population are smokers, broadly in line with the 18 per cent recorded last year. There has been a downward trend in this area, with 23 per cent smoking in 2014. Some 8 per cent of the population currently use e-cigarettes either daily (5 per cent) or occasionally (3 per cent).","type":"text"},{"_id":"DC5NE6IL4BBDZO3X7DOVBWVPME","additional_properties":{"_id":1733229044628},"content":"The survey, for the first time, included a question on long Covid, symptoms of the disease that continue for four or more weeks following the initial infection. Some 7 per cent of respondents reported experiencing symptoms of long Covid at some point in time, with 3 per cent receiving an official diagnosis from a doctor.","type":"text"},{"_id":"EZMEW7UNDVGV5L3Z6WCV65S3SY","additional_properties":{"_id":1733229044630},"content":"This year’s survey also examined caring, with the proportion who said they were carers rising from 9 per cent in 2019 to 14 per cent this year. A carer provides regular unpaid personal help to a friend or family member with a long-term illness, health problem or disability.","type":"text"},{"_id":"VGBRTIXGRVAE7PNZ5W2B3PAYJA","additional_properties":{"_id":1733231400204},"content":"Some 17 per cent of parents said they were also caregivers, with people in this group having a higher prevalence of probable mental health problems (15 per cent) compared parents generally (12 per cent).","type":"text"},{"_id":"YCDY6C2IB5FUNMX3YVDX7FFP3I","additional_properties":{},"type":"list"}],"content_restrictions":{"content_code":"metered"},"credits":{"by":[{"additional_properties":{"original":{"byline":"Shauna Bowers"}},"name":"Shauna Bowers"}]},"description":{"basic":"Just two in five people meeting national physical activity guidelines of 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous weekly exercise"},"display_date":"2024-12-03T12:56:25.068Z","headlines":{"basic":"More than two-fifths of men binge drink on a typical night out, finds Health Ireland survey","native":""},"label":{"audio_project_id":{"text":"8948"}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"_id":"2VZHZEP3V2XHNHIHWFVMR3S4SI","auth":{"1":"342d39b08c912203a82f0384984ca21d60327e602977e75337889cf820cd558c"},"url":"https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/2VZHZEP3V2XHNHIHWFVMR3S4SI.jpg"}},"subtype":"default","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"name":"Health"}]},"type":"story","website_url":"/health/2024/12/03/healthy-ireland-survey-binge-drinking-now-back-in-line-with-pre-pandemic-levels/","websites":{"irishtimes":{"website_section":{"_id":"/health","additional_properties":{"original":{}},"name":"Health"}}}},{"_id":"OYTCCRTFCFEWHCR3QYZSYSTG6E","additional_properties":{"audio_duration":403,"audio_url":"https://d22tbkdovk5ea2.cloudfront.net/audio/projects/8948/podcasts/f491a3a1-6256-4be2-8d09-085e5834b042/versions/1732712328/media/dc1bb2528684cae0d2222f49d425f80f_compiled.mp3"},"canonical_url":"/health/your-wellness/2024/12/03/you-dont-know-any-disabled-people-either-you-dont-know-that-many-people-or-they-dont-feel-safe-enough-to-tell-you/","content_elements":[{"_id":"BY5HPY73DFBKDHNBFLXIHXVF44","additional_properties":{"_id":1732613753103},"content":"Today is International Day of Persons with <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/disability/\" target=\"_blank\">Disabilities</a>. I can almost see you rolling your eyes, thinking: “Not another dedicated day for people who want to be special.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"CVXZ5YZO3ZAXDDJPAC2VQPUE4E","additional_properties":{"_id":1732640256248},"content":"There are some very good reasons why this day is much needed, though, so let me start with a bold statement. If you know someone who’s left-handed, but don’t know someone with a disability, the reason can really only be one of two things:","type":"text"},{"_id":"EXYGNVSBQRADVPY3OT5UUCKF4U","additional_properties":{},"type":"list"},{"_id":"O2NDZU6IRFACJBW5566AKVLRKY","additional_properties":{"_id":1732613753106},"content":"Like I said, bold statement.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TDQ4JZHE7JHUBANTIDTM3NS3OU","additional_properties":{"_id":1732640256252},"content":"I feel very confident making it, though, and here’s why: about 8 per cent of the population in Ireland are left-handed, whereas, according to the 2022 census, 22 per cent have some form of disability.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GPDJZGTAGZGF5DPH7O44L6HXDQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1732640256253},"content":"Globally, they are the biggest minority.","type":"text"},{"_id":"PPDE3ZRHKVEPZHX5WWPSGEFKGY","additional_properties":{"_id":1732613753107},"content":"Disabilities, however, are not something we like to talk about or think about. Even though, if you are fortunate enough to live long enough, you are likely to experience some form of it. In recent years the discussion on neurodiversity is fortunately starting to come more to the forefront, and, very slowly, the stigma attached to <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/adhd/\" target=\"_blank\">ADHD </a>(attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder), <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/dyslexia/\" target=\"_blank\">dyslexia </a>and <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/autism/\" target=\"_blank\">ASD </a>(autistic spectrum disorders), to name but a few, is starting to diminish. There’s still a very long way to go, though, and physical disabilities have yet to start their journey into acceptance.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YW7GSOP7QBGBRIFTCPRRO5E7NA","additional_properties":{"_id":1732613753108},"content":"I could throw all kinds of statistics at you here. I could talk about unemployment (the largest disability employment gap in the EU), higher risk of violence and lack of healthcare. You probably know all of that already, though, and if not, it’s easy to find if you’re interested.","type":"text"},{"_id":"GRGWNI3XLNEAJFQKG3YRFPCYZI","additional_properties":{"_id":1732640256256},"content":"Instead, let me try to tell you about the everyday stuff of having a physical disability. You know, the small things.","type":"text"},{"_id":"UG5MPU44SVESRAZIZ5MFR3NSJQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1732613753109},"content":"Some 15 years ago, out of the blue, I was diagnosed with epilepsy. The first person I told at work – trying it out before telling a line manager – just looked at me and said: “Oh, does that mean you’re a retard now?”","type":"text"},{"_id":"4AYEE32JONHQHPNJIS4HTZ43WY","additional_properties":{"_id":"EW4DX2GTIVH6DLJMZFP4FPDQQE"},"content":"Epilepsy: What is it and what does the future hold as treatments improve?","type":"interstitial_link"},{"_id":"FFX4RQCYTNGBRHYFA3YFVK3S5Q","additional_properties":{"_id":1732640256258},"content":"The second person compared me to his cat, who had epileptic seizures too. When I was finally brave enough to tell a manager, given the “try-outs” weren’t exactly encouraging, I was told any slacking off would not be tolerated.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6B3CPADKDRERZIWMUHA4573KLU","additional_properties":{"_id":1732640256259},"content":"It’s no wonder that, depending on the country, as little as only 4-10 per cent of people with an “invisible” disability such as epilepsy, dyslexia or chronic pain feel safe enough to disclose this to their colleagues, manager or classmates.","type":"text"},{"_id":"EPVLABBBQFEBVKFSP6O3QJKEKA","additional_properties":{"_id":1732613753110},"content":"Nine years ago I suffered a massive bleed in my brain during the surgery that was to cure me of my epilepsy, and as a result, the left side of my body isn’t fully functional any more. My disability is now very obvious as I wear a leg brace, walk with a stick and have an arm that’s there pretty much just for show.","type":"text"},{"_id":"56QHJTV4S5AN3AGOBWKODGLOEI","additional_properties":{"_id":1732640256261},"content":"One of the most beautiful things I’ve learned in the past nine years is that there are always people willing to help. In many ways, it has given me back my faith in humanity.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BDSDAIII2FEQNGAPQ7IBJONK4U","additional_properties":{"_id":1732640256262},"content":"One of the most painful things I’ve learned is that people no longer see me as a person. They see my disability, and some people never get beyond seeing only that. For many people, I’ll always be “that disabled woman”. That also comes with people equating a physical disability with an intellectual one.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YZ563I4PYFBYJO4VN4H3URGAHM","additional_properties":{"_id":1732640256263},"content":"As an example, after I got accepted into a leading business school to do an executive MBA, someone asked if I got in because admissions had a disability quota (I actually managed to have a clapback ready in the moment and not an hour later, and replied: “No, but apparently they do have an asshole quota”).","type":"text"},{"_id":"EDEH4NPR75BIFD6XS4OY7OMV7A","additional_properties":{"_id":"2Q62WKAKI5GA7PNXJLISMRBVTU"},"content":"Sacha Dekker: ‘The family are pointing and laughing at me – one mimics my spasm’","type":"interstitial_link"},{"_id":"E44FG3I4CRGR3HH57PKY6IHYWU","additional_properties":{"_id":1732613753111},"content":"I’ve learned that I’m now “people like you”, and somehow, that’s rarely followed by something positive. Even if it sounds positive, it’s so ableist that you wonder how people come up with it. Like the time this woman told me: “It’s so great to see people like you still going shopping for clothes.” Or the guy who came up to me at the airport and, very confidently, said: “You should know, for someone like you, you’re very attractive.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"RDKYGPIO55GBVNQY7WXLERHVCE","additional_properties":{"_id":1732640256265},"content":"At work, a colleague told me, “people like you shouldn’t be in front of stakeholders; it looks weak” and when I once wanted to sign an €80,000 contract to book a venue to run a leadership conference, I was told “surely people like you can’t sign contracts this big” even though my business card clearly stated “Senior Director”.","type":"text"},{"_id":"X4UYNEFKWJFFZMI4INU7ANE4HM","additional_properties":{"_id":1732613753112},"content":"I’ve also learned that accessibility cannot be taken for granted and that most businesses don’t cater to disabilities. 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