From:
Mark Pasquesi [mjsqueeze@yahoo.com]
Sent:
Friday, 26 May 2000 2:40
To:
pdca@ozemail.com.au
Subject:
Fwd: Exemptions? What Exemptions?
I
find it amazing that the Olympics, a celebration of
the
physical capacity of individuals and teams, as
supported
and trained in their countries, would be a
moment
for Australia to say they do not have the
training
or capacity to handle disabled people, from
their
own or other countries.
I
find it appalling that the new millenium will
commence
with yet another inaccessible Olympics.
Appalling
that a request for temporary exemption is
being
treated with more dignity than the people who
have
never had an exemption from their own
disabilities.
It's
time to exempt disabled people from the
structurally
and attitudinally imposed barriers and
handicaps,
so that they, along with the rest of the
world,
can join in the celebration of community
support
for individuals and groups to attempt to pass
their
limits.
Mark
Pasquesi
ADAPT,
USA
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