[tabi] Re: FW: The Opportunity of Adversity
- From: "djrogers0628" <djrogers0628@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:06:02 -0500
It is also difficult for people not to :"label". We see them everywhere
everyday. Sometimes I feel the "labels" associated with the blind are in
indelible ink, as many of us have been educating and educating for longer than
some of you have been alibi, and the ADA, for the most part, ignored us while
"invented disabilities" are making a terrible backlash for those of us who need
"reasonable accommodations" for true disabilities we have no control to change.
Darla
Darla J. Rogers, B.A. M.S.
djrogers0628@xxxxxxxxxxx
Home phone #: 850-329-7437
Do not allow someone else to be a priority in your life while allowing yourself
to be an option in theirs.--Ani Difranco
----- Original Message -----
From: Charles Atkins
To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 1:09 PM
Subject: [tabi] Re: FW: The Opportunity of Adversity
Chip I appreciate you for sharing this!
Where do we start with re-defining disabled?
All of them are challenges!
----- Original Message -----
From: Chip Orange
To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 12:11 PM
Subject: [tabi] FW: The Opportunity of Adversity
Below is a link to an online video:
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Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 11:57 AM
Subject: The Opportunity of Adversity
This is the story of Aimee Mullins, the record-setting athlete, actress
and model. Aimee, who is missing both legs from the shin down, set world
records in several track events at the Paralympics in 1996.
In this powerful and poignant 22 minute video, Aimee speaks from her
heart about society's use of the term "disabled" and the power of labels.
Aimee says
"It's society that disables an individual by not investing in enough
creativity to allow for someone to show us the quality that makes them rare and
valuable and capable."
Aimee talks about the opportunity of adversity.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/03/09/mullins.beyond.disability/index.html
This should be shared.
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