I just saw this film, which I consider to be one of the more interesting films of the past few years and I came to this board to see what others thought and I find that most of the posts are people bad-mouthing each other over what constitutes a quadraplegic.
Anyway, see this film. It very good.
I agree 100%!!!!
shareIn recent years the outlook of some in the disabled community has changed from “Lets all work together” to “I’m more crippled then you are”
I find it rather sad
Hmm I thought this movie is more along the lines of "I'm not as crippled and handicapped as you think I am, I embrace, but push my limits to the edge."
Instead of "Oh me Oh my, I'm in a chair, I guess it's time to die, or I'll kill myself trying to get out of this thing."
"In recent years the outlook of some in the disabled community has changed from “Lets all work together” to “I’m more crippled then you are”
I find it rather sad "
Very true, unfortunately. I'm disabled myself and have run afoul of that myself many times. At least in my experience, much of what's passed off as disability support is really just a huge p***ing contest over which clique is cooler than the other. And a lot of hypocrisy- paying lip service to the concept of being treated "just like everyone else" while the whole time loudly demanding the world totally revolve around them and their offensive antics because since they're disabled they're somehow "owed" everything.
And the sad thing is that many disabled persons who rise above making being ill or disabled their sole "occupation" find themselves seen as cheating by that small but loud minority. No joke, I've seen it myself- I've met a few disabled persons over the years who have no qualms telling me they hate me or people like me because for many disable persons, much of one's daily existence is *not* totally dominated by "being" disabled.
I mean, yes, it takes a little longer to get ready in the morning, but how is it betraying other disabled persons merely because I still get to do what I'm passionate about ( working on a computer graphics degree ) despite being in a wheelchair? Even if graphics and animation aren't as flashy as guys crashing wheelchairs into each other? ;-)
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Before seeing this, I never really had any experience or knowledge of the disabled community (i don't know if this is an acceptable term, but people will know what I am talking about). at my school for disabilities awareness week, we focus mostly on the disabilities that are recognized by the Special Olympics. I'd love to go talk to the person in charge of the week-long event and see if they can get a quad rugby player in to talk. Granted, they'd probably say no, but still....
shareOn the topic of the Special Olympics, I loved it when one of the guys (think it was Hogsett) said; "We're not going for a hug, we're going for a *beep* gold medal".
'You know, it ain't altogether wise, sneaking up on a man when he's handling his weapon'
You won't find wheelchair rugby at a "Special Olympics". Special Olympics is not a REAL sport event - it is a "feel good" event for intellectually disabled people, not for real hardcore athletes.
You obviously missed the scene where Zuppan "disses" the Special Olympics.
He wasn't saying you would. He was saying at his school those are the only disabilities they focus on and he'd like to have someone come to speak about physical disabilities for a different perspective.
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