Registered: 01/27/04
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Originally posted by StarlightAngel:
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Originally posted by flicka: Have you ever been in a crowd of people with disabilities? It's a fearfully "normal" feeling.
it's actually a traffic jam of wheelchairs. which is one reason why i prefer to do the crip solidarity thing online.
i also don't see the point of parading it down the street tho.
Exactly! I wouldn't feel "ordinary" in a group of disabled people anymore than I'd feel normal in a group of blondes. I just don't get it, but if it makes you happy, have at it....
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Originally posted by katka: Exactly! I wouldn't feel "ordinary" in a group of disabled people anymore than I'd feel normal in a group of blondes.
Initially after injury, I wanted to stay as far away as possible from others with disabilities so I was shocked when I discovered that "ordinary feeling" while among the crowd.
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Maybe as Flicka says I'm still in that stage since I'm a relative "newbee" para, of a couple of years.
I didn't mean to offend anyone Xuxan. But to me it sounds like a parade or celebration of something like your mother dying, or your house burning down. I just can't imagine it. Why parade something that (to me anyway) has been negative and difficult.
Of course if people enjoy this kind of thing they should definitely be involved.
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Originally posted by Xuxan: Karen, It might be considered a traffic jam of wheelchairs if by disability you meant chair user - but the parade is actually people with every kind of disability. And as lots of the participants can't walk/roll the length of the parade route there are lots of floats, flat bed trucks, and convertibles. (In fact, I need to get on renting a convertible!)
The point of parading down the street is in part to celebrate and to be seen celebrating. Last year there were 3,000 people in the parade and about the same watching. Except that part of the parade has been to invite everyone to join us - and so the a lot of parade watchers actually disappear into the parade.
Susan
sounds like fun if you're into it. i am just not comfortable being on display like that. rather uncomfortably reminiscent of circus sideshows imho.
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Originally posted by StarlightAngel: sounds like fun if you're into it. i am just not comfortable being on display like that. rather uncomfortably reminiscent of circus sideshows imho.
I've felt that way about every parade I've been in. I've been in one parade since being disabled and that was a local mardi gras parade. But, I still felt on display.
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Originally posted by flicka:
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Originally posted by StarlightAngel: sounds like fun if you're into it. i am just not comfortable being on display like that. rather uncomfortably reminiscent of circus sideshows imho.
I've felt that way about every parade I've been in. I've been in one parade since being disabled and that was a local mardi gras parade. But, I still felt on display.
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That "Gay Pride Parade" in NYC is a kick! Our daughter lives in Long Beach (Long Island). One year we were visiting her and her fiancee and they said "You gotta go!"
We did..and it was a blast!! I've done lots of stuff over the years..and this ranks up there ahead of Fiesta and Mardi Gra!!
