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Name: Marie
aka: CityKat
aka: Bubbles
Age: 18 - eek! I'm old...
Birthday: December 13
Zodiac: Sagittarius
Location: The box that is campus.
Loves: RH;MIT, music, friends, the outdoors, all of my hometowns, critters, WAGGGS
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People with disabilities always ask to be treated the same as others. To be equal to those without. I have no problem in granting this request. However, I do have a problem with them then calling us mean and cruel-hearted when we work them as hard as others, when we expect things of the same quality and standards of others, when we treat them like others.
If you wish me to pity you, and to be overly easy on you, fine. If you wish me to treat you as an equal, fine. But if you wish me to write in some imaginary line wherein in some things you should be equal and others you shouldn’t, please point out those instances. I’ll use my good old enemy Jessica as an example. Now Jessica you see hasn’t grown since before preschool, she’s always been the same size. Maturing but physically deformed and not growing. She can’t walk either, she ‘scoots’ everywhere.
Now Jessica has been begging to be treated the same ever since I met her in preschool. She refused to always play the baby just because she was a foot and a half tall didn’t mean she couldn’t be mommy. As she grew her demands grew. However when we tried to treat her equally she turned into a bitch, as if we were scum who didn’t respect the fact that she was disabled. She refused to participate in fitness tests, in pep rallies, in class projects. We had to bring stuff to her, she wouldn’t go get it herself even with her wheelchair. And if she were to punch us, NEVER were you even to touch her, lest you break a bone.
So where are we to draw the line, where should we stop? Please tell this to us, as you are our equal and we will not sit around waiting for your answer.
last modified Mar 25, 2004, 7:50 p
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