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Handicapping the handicapped
by Randy Beam
Someone once told me
that being handicapped
was like being black-you
don't really know what it's
like unless you're that
way.
The statement's truth is
obvious. But in an attempt
to gain a better
understanding of the
problems a wheelchair
ridden student faces at the
University-and illustrate
them for the student
body-- took to a
wheelchair briefly one
afternoon.
My experience was
unrealistic because I was in
the chair for only a short
time. I couldn't have run
up against even a fraction
of the physical barriers
FRIDAY, .NOVEMBER 5, 1971
wheelchair ridden students
do.
Also, I was able to react
to certain situations in
ways a student in a
wheelcahir could not. I
apologize to the couple
who watched in horror as I
fell while trying to
manipulate my chair over
a curb, only to bound
quickly to my feet.
Even though many
physical barriers remain
for the handicapped to
cope with, the University
is attempting to remove
them as both the
opportunity and money
present themselves.
But of more concern to
the handicapped students I
talked with are the social
barriers they face. They
are not any less of a
studentor a person-than
anyone else at this
University. They want to
be treated as social equals.
As one blind girl put it:
"Although we're different,
and we have a handicap,
there are things we have to
offer (to others) and
maybe we might not only
be interesting to them, but
we're definitely interested
in what they're doing."
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