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capri0mniA link to Dave Hingsburger's post in honor of today: International Day of Persons with Disabilities: Three Stairs
(Begin Quote)
Later, much later. I stepped into a 'special school' for kids with physical disabilities. There was noise, noise, noise, kids laughing, kids fighting, kids racing pell mell down hallways. The noise was so distracting that it was hard to notice as you walked through the school, even from the old part into the new part that there weren't three steps. The school was accessible to itself, but closed off from the world up three steps.
No one ever asked me to consider.
Where they were.
Why they weren't there.
Who decided that they could be disposed of in other towns, other places.
(End Quote)
Here's the reply I left on that post:
Thank you, Dave. I will post this on my personal journals to signal-boost within my circle.
But I find myself asking:
"Why didn't I know this date was coming up (or that it even existed)?"
If I had, I would have planned, in advance, for ways to spread the word, and celebrate.
But I guess, in many ways, we are still not considered.
(Begin Quote)
Later, much later. I stepped into a 'special school' for kids with physical disabilities. There was noise, noise, noise, kids laughing, kids fighting, kids racing pell mell down hallways. The noise was so distracting that it was hard to notice as you walked through the school, even from the old part into the new part that there weren't three steps. The school was accessible to itself, but closed off from the world up three steps.
No one ever asked me to consider.
Where they were.
Why they weren't there.
Who decided that they could be disposed of in other towns, other places.
(End Quote)
Here's the reply I left on that post:
Thank you, Dave. I will post this on my personal journals to signal-boost within my circle.
But I find myself asking:
"Why didn't I know this date was coming up (or that it even existed)?"
If I had, I would have planned, in advance, for ways to spread the word, and celebrate.
But I guess, in many ways, we are still not considered.
