Optical Turnkey x Sarah Wingfield: Pepper Spray Petition Interview:
I am more than thankful to Optical Turnkey for amplifying the voices of survivors — all of us who have lived through harm and are still standing.
In this interview, you can learn why I started this petition and exactly what I hope it will achieve.
After everything that’s happened, I sat back and asked myself: What CAN I do about this? And the answer was to channel my pain into purpose — to push for positive change.
Because blaming survivors must become a thing of the past. No victim has ever “asked for it”.
We need to come together — as a community, beyond politics, beyond division — and build the safeguarding systems people desperately need to escape, evade, and survive.
Attacks are becoming more frequent. Children are being targeted. If parents had the legal right to carry pepper spray, imagine how much safer our communities could be. Imagine how adults could step in, respond, and actively protect vulnerable children and targeted individuals before harm escalates.
We can no longer stand by while ordinary people are attacked during the simplest moments of their daily lives.
I am deeply grateful to Optical Turnkey for shining a light on my situation and my story. My hope is that every survivor who sees this knows they matter — and that they are not alone.
Sarah Wingfield
Independent Disability Advocate
#disabilityinclusion #strongertogether #disability #disabilityawareness #disabilitysupport #disabilityrights #safeguarding #pepperspray
Interview:
https://youtu.be/_7WE4VUhusk?si=dNPGcWBwv6wnY9qD
Petition:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/742673
