Posted on July 17, 2015
“I really feel sorry for you that you have a disability and have to use a wheelchair.”
The comment came from a man I’d just met in the community.
I was surprised to hear it because I’d just got done explaining my story to him in a very positive light.
He had wanted to know how I live with my disability. When I receive a question like this from someone, I provide an overview of my situation, as I
This entry was posted in inclusion, people with disabilities, Uncategorized and tagged achievement, courage, dignity, grace, Mary Campbell Center, muscular dystrophy, pity, Special Olympics, wheelchair.
Posted on June 30, 2015
Why is the Center for Disabilities Studies launching a new blog? That’s easy: to engage the disability community, the public and policy makers in a provocative discussion of issues with the potential to bring about positive changes in the lives of people with disabilities.
How do we intend to do that? Well, for one thing, advocates and experts, people with disabilities and people without disabilities, will pose challenging questions at critically important times. CDS Director Beth Mineo does that in
This entry was posted in Americans with Disabilities Act, community living, Health and Wellness, inclusion, independent living, intellectual Disabilities, people with disabilities, personal care assistants, Uncategorized and tagged acknowledgement, Americans with Disabilities Act, blog, community living, disability and sexuality, inclusion, independent living, personal care assistants.
