i don't know if it will ever happen. i doubt it in my
lifetime.
--- Gary Peterson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Oct 2006, ken barber wrote:
>
> > Gary, the points you made was what i expected the
> show
> > to be, so i did not even bother to watch.
>
> Yeah Ken, I felt the same as you going into it.
> Every time I watch
> something like this, I keep hopeing people will get
> the alturnitive
> point of view like mine just as loud and clear as
> they get it from
> Jerry and his kids every year!! It ain't happened
> yet but I keep
> Hopein.
>
> Gary
>
>
> >
> > --- Gary Peterson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >> I watched part of this - but didn't see that he
> got
> >> an augmentive
> >> communications device - did ABC give him one? I
> >> know the main
> >> focus was on his mother and the Little League
> >> baseball team, but I
> >> did think they should have thought of enabling
> him
> >> to communicate
> >> his needs - after all, his mother isn't going to
> be
> >> around forever,
> >> ascruel as that sounds.
> >>
> >> Kat
> >>
> >>
> >> Kat,
> >>
> >> The point you make here is by no means cruel. I
> >> have lots of
> >> reaction from watching this. This was my first
> time
> >> watching the
> >> show. Generally I stay away from all these
> reality
> >> shows just
> >> because they all want us to believe they can take
> a
> >> sad or
> >> unfortunate situation and make it all better in
> an
> >> hours time. I
> >> think we all no, it just ain't so. The only
> reason
> >> I watched it
> >> was because of Anthony's recommendation.
> >>
> >> Now I'm far from even half way knowledgeable
> when
> >> it comes to
> >> building a house, but I have to think even with
> all
> >> those
> >> volunteers working together, it had to take a
> >> minimum of 6 months
> >> to do what all those people did. Speaking of
> time,
> >> does anyone
> >> here know how long the entire show took to
> finish?
> >> I'm guessing
> >> lots longer then ABC would like us to believe.
> And
> >> let us not
> >> forget the probably tons of material that didn't
> >> make the final
> >> cut.
> >>
> >> I give the show high praise because in the end,
> it
> >> did what it set
> >> out to do. I mean the family got their house and
> I
> >> guess that was
> >> the bottom line. What bothers me is how the show
> >> chose to get
> >> there. I will probably take a lot of heat for
> what
> >> I'm about to
> >> say here, but so be it.
> >>
> >> After watching the first 10 minutes or so, I felt
> as
> >> if I were
> >> watching something straight out of the Jerry
> Lewis
> >> telethon. In
> >> the beginning we get introduced to Aaron and his
> >> family. Then the
> >> host of the show spends waaay to much time
> telling
> >> Mom how great
> >> and wonderful she is because of all she does for
> >> Aaron. As much as
> >> they tried to show us that Aaron was just your
> >> average 14 year old,
> >> sadly I for one was left with just the opposite
> >> feeling. I think
> >> the message was very deliberately designed to
> say:
> >> "here's this severely disabled kid, and we want
> to
> >> keep pounding
> >> that point into you are audience at home, so
> >> whatever you do
> >> don't change the channel, because by the end of
> our
> >> show, are
> >> friend Aaron and his Mom will magically be able
> to
> >> sweep Aaron's
> >> disability under the rug, and we can all go home
> and
> >> live happily
> >> ever after, and won't we from Extreme Makeover
> be
> >> really cool."
> >>
> >> I also thought the show put to much emphasis on
> >> Aaron and his Mom.
> >> I wanted to know lots more about the relationship
> >> between him and
> >> the rest of his family. More interaction between
> >> Aaron and his
> >> brother and sister. For those of you who don't
> know
> >> me, as well
> >> has having C-P, I'm also totally blind. So
> before
> >> watching the
> >> show, I thought of having my Supported Living
> staff
> >> watch the show
> >> with me. But after having it on for the first 5
> >> minutes, I decided
> >> there was enough dialog and sound so I let myself
> >> just imagine the
> >> visuals on my own. So There's a chance there
> were
> >> visual parts
> >> that may have addressed some of my above
> concerns.
> >>
> >> This show might have had great potential. But
> with
> >> the media's
> >> across the board attitude towards disability, in
> my
> >> view it fell
> >> way short of the mark. Once again the media has
> >> left those nice
> >> average Americans who would rather take their
> queues
> >> about what it
> >> meansto be disabled from people like Jerry Lewis
> and
> >> his kids with
> >> a feeling of:
> >> "Thank God!! Another problem wiped away in an
> hour,
> >> and ain't we
> >> glad when we go to bed at night that we ain't
> >> disabled."
> >>
> >> Thanks to all for reading my rant.
> >>
> >> Gary
> >>
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