Wow you guys are tough! I thought it said she did object and let them
know she didn't want to bowl.
At 08:41 AM 10/31/2007, you wrote:
>Linda,
>
>There is a lot of different AT available for people with disabilities to
>participate in a lot of sports. I'd hope that the company would consider
>activities that can include everyone, whether it's bowling, bridge,
>backgammon, or whatever. I don't think it rises to the level of
>discrimination. The woman who filed the complaint could have been proactive
>and said "I'm not much of a bowler, but I enjoy 'X' " or "I'll be the score
>keeper and beer drinker...." As you said, those of us with disabilities
>need to be confident and assertive enough to stand up for ourselves. I
>don't advocate punching someone in the nose to solve problems, but we do
>need to be able to say "this is who I am, and what works for me."
>
>On Oct 31, 2007 12:29 PM, Linda Walker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > I am able bodied but I do know that thalidomide was a totally
> > preventable and horrific limb deformity birth defect. I find being
> > asked to bowl while missing fingers incredibly harsh and cruel. Had
> > the company said come and join us for the fun, keep score, drink some
> > beer, and root for the team that would be different. Or if they
> > leveled the playing field by taping the other members fingers
> > together and then seeing who was really last that would be ok with me
> > too. Case does go bowling and they have a metal contraption that he
> > sets the ball in and it automatically rolls down the lane. If she had
> > used that that might be ok as well. Where is the sense of fairness in
> > this? Don't people use handicapping in golf etc to even the playing field.
> >
> > At 12:43 AM 10/31/2007, you wrote:
> > >On Wednesday 31 October 2007 02:05:02 kat wrote:
> > > > Thanks for setting us straight, Deri! Now you've got me feeling sick
> > > > that a disabled person can use her disability to "beat the system."
> > Ugh!
> > > > Gives the rest of us a bad name.
> > > >
> > > > Kat
> > > >
> > >
> > >Hi Kat,
> > >
> > >I do not know if I'm right, its just that I realised while reading
> > >that if you
> > >take away the disability element the things she describes happen to many,
> > >many people, who do not have the opportunity to sue.
> > >
> > >Also, I realised that it seems the whole case revolves around her
> > disability,
> > >the article says she is actually suing the company for sexual harrassment
> > >(not discrimination - probably because all her cited instances of
> > >discrimination occurred outside work in a social setting).
> > >
> > >Cheers
> > >
> > >Deri
> > >
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>
>Kendall
>
>An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)
>
>The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
>persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress
>depends on the unreasonable man.
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