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From: Guy.Thomas@f40.n161.z1.fidonet.org (Guy Thomas)
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Subject: Re: ADAPT- Baltimore- Day 3
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Date: 30 May 91 19:48:10 GMT
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In a message to Guy Thomas <05-15-91 11:05> Joe Chamberlain wrote:

>>>disabled individual crawling up the steps of the nation's
>>>capitol.  We rolled into the capitol like men and women.
>
> GT> You may not have participated in them, but there were
>many marches,
> GT> sit-in,s,
> GT> and other demos going on concurrently with your
>activities that
>impacted
>
>        I agree and I participated in two marches, one in
>NYC and
>one in DC.  However, we did not crawl....we faced our
>opponents
>across the conference table and testified before the
>subcommittee
>as intelligent adults.

You really have a problem with this crawling thing, huh?  What
about feeding oneself? If I need help should I just eat in hiding?
So as not to appear child-like? If I want to lay on the beach. Do I
get two guys to carry me onto the sand rather than crawl there by
myself. I maintain that crawling is more independant. All I'm
saying is we use wheelchairs, we are not bound by them. I
understand that it may not look pretty, but we can't be limited by
what is seemly.

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