Doing disability differently

[sammason]

I like this article about reverse integration. (Does it come up on your screen from the link I've given?)

A basketball player called Danielle Peers invented the term 'reverse integration' and tells us how she's used it with athletes, students and people in general. I'm impressed.

Comments

[eve_prime]

That's a neat article! Thanks for posting the link!

[venta]

The link works fine.

That's a really interesting article, I'd no idea Canadian wheelchair basket ball worked like that. Or that regular players would see the wheelchair game as "easy".

There's a lot of interesting stuff there about wheelchair use being binary. Although I know people who sometimes use chairs, and would never dream of shouting "faker" at someone, I guess I would still be surprised when someone stands up from their chair.

[sammason]

So am I, and I use a wheelchair myself! V glad you don't shout insults like 'faker' which nobody's shouted at me, but I've had a few people 'give me evils' ie dirty looks. Only a few though.

Today a new friend, who'd seen me only in my wheelchair, came to my home and remarked that phe'd never seen me walking before. So I introduced per to the term 'furniture walking' which is what I do at home. Then said yes to per kind offer to make our hot drinks, bringing mine to the table.

[nightshade1972]

Very interesting article. Shared on FB.