Howlings » handicapped http://howlings.com Wild Woman of the Web Sat, 08 May 2010 19:22:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Coming Soon… http://howlings.com/2009/10/coming-soon/ http://howlings.com/2009/10/coming-soon/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:05:05 +0000 cale http://howlings.com/?p=277 http://howlings.com/2009/10/coming-soon/feed/ 1 Poems, Prayers, Prosthetics; An Adventure http://howlings.com/2009/08/poems-prayers-prosthetics-an-adventure/ http://howlings.com/2009/08/poems-prayers-prosthetics-an-adventure/#comments Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:44:52 +0000 cale http://howlings.com/?p=215 “Not many people have the misfortune, or privilege, however you feel about it, to own and operate an artificial appendage. But those of us who do, through design or default, are privy to a few “different” experiences in life that can sometimes fall into the category of humorous. Or to the more pristine soul, morbidly [...]]]> http://howlings.com/2009/08/poems-prayers-prosthetics-an-adventure/feed/ 0 O’Leary Established Program for Handicapped in Chile http://howlings.com/2009/08/oleary-established-program-for-handicapped-in-chile/ http://howlings.com/2009/08/oleary-established-program-for-handicapped-in-chile/#comments Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:12:25 +0000 cale http://howlings.com/?p=193 O’Leary Established Program for Handicapped in Chile Winter Park Manifest

“On August 26, 1979, in the South American country of Chile, the Satiago city newspapers read, “A Miracle Happened At the Farallenos.” Hal O’Leary of Fraser, CO, believes it happened to him.”

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]]> http://howlings.com/2009/08/oleary-established-program-for-handicapped-in-chile/feed/ 0 Barriers a Matter of Perception http://howlings.com/2009/08/barriers-a-matter-of-perception/ http://howlings.com/2009/08/barriers-a-matter-of-perception/#comments Sat, 15 Aug 2009 20:47:30 +0000 cale http://howlings.com/?p=186 From Regional Mobility Magazine, April 3, 1986

“‘Disability is an obstacle illusion.’ Catchy phrase. With this phrase, Rose Kreston hoped the students at Colroado State University would catch Handicapped Awareness Days’ message that it is often the able-bodied community’s perceptions of disability which impede disabled people in their attempts to become an acceptable part of society.

Rose [...]]]> http://howlings.com/2009/08/barriers-a-matter-of-perception/feed/ 0 My Viewpoint: “Real Gimps” http://howlings.com/2009/08/my-viewpoint-real-gimps/ http://howlings.com/2009/08/my-viewpoint-real-gimps/#comments Sat, 15 Aug 2009 20:27:34 +0000 cale http://howlings.com/?p=178 From Regional Mobility Magazine, December, 1985

“We all joke around about relative levels of disability. Above-the-knee amputees (ak’s) will joke around about below-the-knee amputees: “B-ks are almost human.” But let’s face it. Sometimes even a b-k feels like a real gimp.

I once met a freestyle skier who had blown her knee out the previous season and [...]]]> http://howlings.com/2009/08/my-viewpoint-real-gimps/feed/ 0