[misc.handicap] This 'n' That

Rich.Harper@f419.n104.z1.fidonet.org (Rich Harper) (03/03/90)

Index Number: 7061

        Would say to you that are trying to do something about the different 
labels and what you can and can't do, contact some of our local Denver TV 
stations and see what you can do about getting some of the footage that is 
being shot in Winter Park at the Disabled Winter Olympics.  I know that this 
will not help the blind on the echo, but the rest of you will be surprised 
at what is being done and the people doing it.  I can say that I admire the 
guts and fortitude of all the participants of the games.  And I can say that 
from the angle of an almost abled person.  Sure they take some dangerous 
spills caused by some of the people that are helping in the games.  One 
blind skier ran into his leader and took a nasty spill and broke a collar 
bone.  But he will be in contention for the final races.  But I can also 
feel for the leader of this person.  He must feel awful about causing the 
accident.  But putting myself in any of the peoples places that I see in the 
games, I can honestly say that I don't know if I could do it.  Coming down 
the hill either strapped onto a mono-ski for those in the chairs or on a 
single ski for those with only one leg.  And I think that this would be a 
great help to get the message across that if you are disabled, that doesn't 
mean that you are a total loss.

        <<Rich>>  
 

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