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Welcome to our blog... The Madison Area (of Wisconsin) Spinal Cord Blog. Our main site is: www.SCI-Madison.org

We welcome persons of all disabilities to our meetings. Most of us have mobility impairments, spinal cord injury, illness or paralysis. Many of us are family members and caregivers. We encourage online membership and blogging to anyone interested in the events and topics including and not limited to caregivers, physical therapists, occupational therapists, students, family, ...
Showing posts with label recreation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label recreation. Show all posts

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?