Greg.See-Kee@p0.f404.n714.z3.fidonet.org (Greg See-Kee) (02/28/90)
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RR> When I want to talk to groups about accessible housing, etc.,
RR> they look
RR> at me with disdain as if to say that the profit motive is somehow
RR> inappropriate in that environment.
In Australia, I represent disabled people for our national
version of the International Standards Organizations - those
people who worry about ASCII, ANSI, etc.
Many of my fellow committee members also try to dismiss me that
way. So I ATTACK!
"DISABILITY IS the world's biggest growth industry. Everyone is
this room is going to be disabled. You have NO CHOICE! If you
aren't disabled now, you eventually will be. You will need
reading glasses one day. You will have to ask a big strong
person the lift something, because you are not so capable.
"The biggest cause of Disability is the process of ageing. Who
in this room is going to commit suicide soon ?? That leaves the
rest of you -- amongst the disabled people will be you!"
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