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Well said - and it shouldn't be up to the disabled person to always fight for access. It should be ASSUMED that some disabled person will want to come, and that this person will need to be taken into account when planning the event, and during the event.
Because they might have a legitimate reason for going to the conference? How ground-breaking of them.
Keep pushing - some people still need to get their consciousness raised. Quite a bit.
Alicia
Dear Disabled Person, We're Sorry but You're a Real Inconvenience, Signed, (Insert Conference Name Here)
Yesterday I wrote on this blog about a conference in Washington which, perhaps innocently, failed to make its conference schedule accessible for the blind. My problem is I don’t think 1970’s style blamelessness is appropriate in 2014—its no longer acceptable to me to hear that accessibility obst...
I had a premonition: I bought Sworn Secret by Amanda Jennings. I am a third of the way through it - have not been able to put it down.
Not a false note. Her people are real and true, and the situation she has chosen to write about clutches at my heart.
Beautifully written is exactly right.
I am SO glad you recommended it; I'll review it when I've finished.
Wearing another hat
Lynne Patrick When I joined the Dead Guy team a few years ago, one of the links in the idea-to-bookshelf chain was a reviewer. (Hi, Sharon; I’m guessing you still check in from time to time, even if it’s a while since we heard from you. Give me a call sometime.) That role hasn’t been filled recen...
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