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Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Are you tired of "Separate and Equal"?

When will we have universal and barrier free activities for all! "Separate and equal" activities for people with disabilities is fine but why shouldn't we be able to just do things together?


Why do many activities and fundraisers events for persons with disabilities don't actually include the people with disabilities? What do I mean?


Many fancy dinners, golf outings, or like events are busy raising awareness and fundraising, yet these participating events aren't fully accessbile or don't include people with disabilities! Yes, I am serious.


What do you think and what is your experience?

1 comment:

Monica with www.SCI-Madison.org said...

I actually found a resource about this.
http://www.standupuga.org/content/disability:-separate-equal%3F

It so reminds me of UW-Madison