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Really?

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

Back in the late ’60s, a good friend of mine lost a leg in a freak boating accident. A year and a half later, he was called to report to the draft board and, good citizen that he was, he went.

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No Problem

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

The Commission had funded a study to see whether an underground subway station needed to be made accessible. The researcher descended two steep flights of stairs to the subway platform and, with his clipboard at the ready, he began observing. And counting.

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Being Me

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

He sat in his wheelchair among the growing group of demonstrators, listening to anti-war speeches, folk songs and an occasional supportive yelp.

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Jimmy was six years old and deaf…

Sunday, July 25th, 2010

Jimmy was 6 years old and deaf.

His parents bought him a puppy. Continue reading Jimmy was six years old and deaf…