>> I bloody hate the way you all make me feel excluded
>>just because I'm differently abled & I'm not remotely alone in that
>>resentment, alot of us feel that way justifiably.
Where did this come from? I didn't realize that anyone was being excluded
in our discussions. Aedrienne, I didn't realize that you were, as you refer
to yourself, disabled. Do you feel that you are treated differently here
compared to other places on the Net? I am sorry if you feel you are not
being treated as you should be.
kimberly
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: STUDIES IN WOMEN AND ENVIRONMENT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Ban on snowmobiles in parks sought - disabled
> Date: Sunday, January 24, 1999 2:50 PM
>
> incedentally for those of you who obviously didn't know in the
paralympics
> there are specific athletic events using the special bikes & also
equestrian
> events etc. Also the city hosting the regular olympics is reuired to
host the
> paralympics immediately afterwards. If only they'd apply that same rule
to
> the network airing the regular olympics people would be significantly
more
> enlightened regarding us.
>
> International Paralympic Committee
> http://195.243.67.82/
>
> American Assoc. of People with Disablities (AAPD)
> http://aapd-dc.org/
>
> Enable magazine (AAPD's magazine)
> http://www.enable-magazine.com/enable_online_magazine_grafic.htm
>
> go do some research before you go saying what we can or can't do.
> Incedentally a vast majority of us have been on the net long before the
> majority of you abled people. I had my first account on a BBS in 90' &
that
> is generally quite late for a vast majority of us. So the next time you
see
> someone in a wheelchair don't stare at them like they are really sick or
> retarded; they may be way smarter than you & they may be way healthier or
tell
> them you pray for a cure unless they have something terminal. I for
example
> have nothing fatal & would rather see them cure cancer & HIV before they
work
> on what's wrong with me. I bloody hate the way you all make me feel
excluded
> just because I'm differently abled & I'm not remotely alone in that
> resentment, alot of us feel that way justifiably.
>
> Aedrienne
