I saw a man lifting her out of the chair, and setting her onto the bus.....
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From: Kendall D. Corbett <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, September 2, 2008 3:18:38 PM
Subject: Re: "Actors" Playing PWD During Closing Ceremony?
I wondered that too, but at one point it looks like she's holding her legs
above her torso, which is difficult for most people to do, let alone someone
with a disability, also the way she lifts her legs onto the bus made me
wonder.
Also the dance company from London who performed the dance doesn't show any
wheelchair users on it's website. I've emailed the founder of the company
http://www.zoonation.co.uk/
and the paralympic organizers for more information.
I'll let you know what I find out, if anything
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> Joy,
> remember that there are people who can stand and walk a litte, but use
> chairs for long hauls....She might have had MS or arthitis, ect......
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> From: Kendall D. Corbett <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Tuesday, September 2, 2008 11:09:41 AM
> Subject: Re: "Actors" Playing PWD During Closing Ceremony?
>
> Joy,
>
> I'll get it started in the UCED network, and the DD Councils and Protection
> and Advocacy networks. The UK sites would be great! Congrats on all your
> accomplishments! I *guess* "[you've] been busy!" Ken Barber and I have
> started a presidential bid, and we're trying to fill the cabinet. Can we
> pencil you in for AG?
>
> ;-{)}
>
> On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 7:02 PM, Joy Welan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > Sorry it's been so long since I've written... I've been busy! I
> > graduated from law school this May, studied for and took the bar exam,
> > got my own apartment in DC, and started working as a clerk to a judge
> > on the DC Superior Court.
> >
> > I'm writing because many of you are more connected to the disability
> > community than I am, and I was hoping you could help me get the word
> > out about something that's really been bothering me. I sent the email
> > below to AAPD, Inclusion Daily, and Disaboom. Does anyone else know
> > of any other groups who may be interested and turn this into a story?
> > I really think it's disgraceful, and should have been covered as much
> > as the "cuter" Chinese girl lip synching in the opening ceremony was.
> > Thanks for any ideas!
> >
> > Hope you've all been well!
> >
> > Best, Joy
> >
> >
> > Dear Ms. Sommers,
> >
> > I wanted to suggest a story for the next AAPD newsletter. I believe
> > that an able-bodied dancer was used to "play" a wheelchair user during
> > the closing ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics. As a wheelchair user,
> > I was very excited to see someone in a wheelchair represented.
> > Because I was so interested, I was watching these two dancers closely.
> > Towards the end of the dance, one female dancer, who had been using a
> > wheelchair, stood up, climbed onto the back of a double-decker bus,
> > leapt down, and walked back to her wheelchair.
> >
> > To see what I'm referring to, go to http://tinyurl.com/5mo2n2 and fast
> > forward to 17:13. (If you have to sit through a "Tropic Thunder" ad
> > first, I apologize.)
> >
> > If the London Olympic Committee allowed a person with a disability to
> > be portrayed by an able-bodied actor, I find that highly offensive.
> > It just reinforces the notion that all people who use wheelchairs can
> > walk a little bit and are being lazy. It also does a great disservice
> > to the many talented dancers who use wheelchairs full time.
> >
> > Could you please investigate and cover this story? If not, could you
> > suggest some other organizations that may be interested in following
> > up? I think this should have created an outcry, as the lip synching
> > during the opening ceremony did.
> >
> > Best, Joy Welan
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> Kendall
>
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>
> 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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