[tabi] Re: FW: The Opportunity of Adversity
- From: "djrogers0628" <djrogers0628@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:06:48 -0500
Very good point, Barbara; blind looks like a lot of things or isn't visible at
all.
Darla
Darla J. Rogers, B.A. M.S.
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From: Barbara Lineberry
To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 7:50 PM
Subject: [tabi] Re: FW: The Opportunity of Adversity
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
----- 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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