I usually bowl with using a ramp (I am a wheelchair user)..     I am and
bowl perfectly fine with it.

On 10/31/07, Deri James <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> On Wednesday 31 October 2007 18:29:37 Linda Walker 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.
>
> Hi  Linda,
>
> Read the article a bit more carefully Linda, it says:-
>
> " I felt like a child using the ramp"
>
> This is what Case uses, but she chose not to (my wife Linda uses it when
> we go
> bowling).
>
> Cheers
>
> Deri
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