[tabi] Re: FW: The Opportunity of Adversity
- From: "Barbara Lineberry" <bkblpp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:50:17 -0500
A remark on the picture caption accompanying this article, "You just don't look
disabled". I remember years ago I accompanied Barbara Kiger, a local writer
who is blind, to the TV studios where she was talking about Independence for
the Blind (FIRE, The Lighthouse) and one of the news anchors said something
like "You don't look blind" and Barbara responded "This is what blind looks
like". I never have forgotten that.
Barbara
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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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