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From: Joey.Morgan@f429.n275.z1.fidonet.org (Joey Morgan)
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Date: 16 Apr 91 15:39:11 GMT
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    Last Thursday I attended a convention for the hearing and speech
impaired at the Omni hotel on Waterside Dr. in Norfolk.After my little
adventure Ive called the City Manager,Mayor,Newspaper,building
inspector,etc.It was like this.I get there right,there are no handicapp
parking spaces.We ask the manager,and geuss what he said.Oh,we a few 2
blocks down.Im thinking,oh,that does me alot of good.They pay people to
park your cars or carry your luggage,but we are
nobodys!Wrong,wrong,wrong.If others won't fight for their rights then to
bad,but I'm a human being and I expect to be treated like one,not to be
pushed up a narrowass luggage ramp like a freakin suitcase,which I'm
not,but I have the right to go through them front doors with dignity
like anyone else.Do you think the owner would squeeze the President up
a luggage ramp?What about our Mayor or Governer?I think not.They are no
better than I am.I was concieved like them,I dress everyday like
them,whats wrong with me wanting to access a building like any able
bodied person.I wish all those without disabilities or that can walk and
see what I went through,and its everyday,not just Omni.Let them have to
push 2 blocks,scrape there knuckles raw on a luggage ramp.There would be
a lot less porsches,and you wouldnt see as many bmw's in this world much
less bellhops.We make this world even more convient for the wealthy and
less for the not healthy.Who the hell said money dont talk.To be
continued.

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