BLOG Quote for 6/25: "What’s next? Maybe we’ll stop referring to disabilities entirely, at least in social and workplace settings. After all, why do you need to know that the grants director at Agency X is in a wheel chair? Or that the computer tech you just hired has Tourette’s Syndrome? Or that the kid serving you that Happy Meal is Learning Disabled? If they can and are doing the job, why are their disabilities an issue? In schools or other helping agencies, it may continue to be necessary to classify the support needs of consumers to insure proper services. OK fine. But if you find yourself focusing on one’s disability to the detriment of seeing the person underneath it, maybe you need to come into the 21st century."
Posted on: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 06:17:02 +0000