Registered: 04/25/01
Posts: 11013
Loc: a box on the table
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Originally posted by flicka: Your disability can only define you if you allow it. You are in control of your definition of yourself. We can't control other people's perception, but we can sway them.
whoever said it was a matter of ignorance rather than outright oppression had it exactly right. most people just can't conceive of the dis experience, in part because most people don't actually know any actual disabled people. that's why you aren't going to change social perceptions with legislation.
jmo.
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"oh yeah, life goes on, long after the thrill of living it is gone."
If the business doesn't want my business then I will take it to another that appreciates me.
Greg - I don't know what part of Canada you live in but I have travelled all over Western Canada and have yet to find a bank that isn't accessible, nor have I found a grocery store that isn't accessible, nor any government building, doctor's office, hospital. I'm not they don't exist somewhere, but the idea that you have CHOOSEN use the 1% of all banks in Canada that isn't accessible seems a little strange to me. Any reason why you simply don't try using one of the other 99%?
Oh Danny boy (could not resist), CIBC is just a bank I use to pass money through. There is a also a full accessable TD branch which I use for day to day banking. I am out and about in other towns frequently where CIBC branches are accessable if I need access. And if I change banks no more hot pootie, bless my soul, personal banking assistant.
Registered: 03/01/00
Posts: 7672
Loc: The Great Lakes State
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Originally posted by ParaDude: If one African American is found hanging in a tree in Maine is it logical for all African American's in Maine to feal fear and oppresion?
Registered: 04/06/00
Posts: 24616
Loc: SLO County, CA - 66.122.77.142
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Originally posted by StarlightAngel: most people just can't conceive of the dis experience, in part because most people don't actually know any actual disabled people. that's why you aren't going to change social perceptions with legislation.
I agree. The only thing laws can do is force people to treat us equal. That doesn't mean they accept us equal.
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"A lot of things were acceptable--until we stopped accepting it." -- Al Sharpton '12
