tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247419696486725071.post4016094218255315146..comments2024-02-04T19:16:14.979-08:00Comments on Illusion of Competence: Utopian DaydreamZoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262366138710367196noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247419696486725071.post-70712555597648638942011-10-14T07:51:06.875-07:002011-10-14T07:51:06.875-07:00I love your blog. Either all of us or none of us (...I love your blog. Either all of us or none of us ("disabled" or no, "neurotypical" or no) are broken. My partner is on the spectrum. I am not. She does the planning and organizing (and getting me up in the morning). I do more of the people-talking and pushing for necessary changes which scare her (like moving out of Washington, DC to Colorado where we both know we would be much happier). <br /><br />She is not broken. I am not broken. And you are not broken.Jen Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12762730597435267625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247419696486725071.post-89706584266999481162011-09-29T16:27:07.060-07:002011-09-29T16:27:07.060-07:00What a gorgeous idea. My daughter is only 8 but sh...What a gorgeous idea. My daughter is only 8 but she has an amazing capacity to make people smile because of the way that she is so excited by little things. I tried to sign her up to volunteer in a nursing home because where else would you find so many people who need a reason to smile? She'd be an amazing volunteer because she loves ALL mobility devices and has no hesitation to caress a wrinkled or disfigured face. But disabled nonverbal autistic 8 year olds don't fit onto any nursing home volunteer job description. We have such a strange either/or mentality about disability. Either you are abled and therefore useful and contributing or you are disabled and therefore useless and you need help but, by definition, you can't provide it. No gray area. No room to be both.Erin Sheldonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01542146123832182811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247419696486725071.post-27560660028258359732011-09-19T05:21:41.728-07:002011-09-19T05:21:41.728-07:00Zoe, this is beautiful.Zoe, this is beautiful.Dixie Redmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18290571323764327616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247419696486725071.post-82784650615843242332011-08-10T09:16:38.930-07:002011-08-10T09:16:38.930-07:00Yes, I have already thought about that since some ...Yes, I have already thought about that since some time now.<br />If we could organize it and do it, it would maybe finally make one of our best argument against those who pretends that it would be impossible to make sure that the society can't provide everyone all the accomodations they need.<br />But first we would have to find the good number of disabled persons who believe in it and have all sorts of impairment and are classified all differently in the "severtity" scale...<br />People who believe it is possible, people who aren't horrified to be put with "these" persons, and people who are lucky enough to have the opportunity to make the choices they want and the power to make this one.<br />The thing is I am sure it is possible to do it, I'm certain that there are no excuses to not make the world a more accessible place, nad that even without the people who are classified as non-disabled we could do it (though it would be difficult in the beggining and would require a high level of organisation... after that I think it would work.Ole Ferme l'Oeilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07632467869395776084noreply@blogger.com