You are right Kendall.  I had the best time of my life whitewater tubing in Montana in 1996. It was good to see my friends again too, but I really enjoyed going down a river rapid in a tractor tube...  :) 

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>Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:22:48 -0600
>From: "Kendall D. Corbett" <[log in to unmask]>  
>Subject: Re: 2 films  
>To: [log in to unmask]
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>Linda et al,
>
>The risk taking outlined in "Right to Risk" doesn't seem to me to be the
>extreme variety seen by motorcycle riders without helmets, or even skydivers
>or hang gliders.  From what I read on the site, it's about people with
>disabilities being given the opportunity to participate in activities many
>non-disabled people would consider tame.
>
>When I first started working in the disabilities field (nearly 20 years ago)
>one of the concepts that we reinforced for the people we served was the
>"Dignity of Risk."  This didn't mean doing things that were inherently
>dangerous, or doing things without the appropriate safeguards in place
>(helmets, life jackets, backup parachutes), but it did entail allowing
>people with disabilities to participate fully in life, even if it meant
>participating in an activity (whitewater rafting, skydiving, etc.) that
>others might consider "risky."
>
>While I agree that the money spent to treat and rehabilitate people who
>unneccessarily put themselves at risk by not using appropriate protective
>equipment could be better spent, I don't think that the rights of people to
>participate in these activities *with appropriate safeguards,* should be
>limited.  Here's a link or three on "Dignity of Risk."
>
>http://members.tripod.com/~imaware/dignity.html
>
>http://tcds.edb.utexas.edu/TSDPT/T%20Nerney%20Handouts.htm
>
>http://www.diligio.com/dignity_of_risk.htm
>
>The "Teachings of Jon" looks like a good piece, but I'm kind of afraid it
>might be too "Shmaltzy" for lack of a better word.  For people who are
>unfamiliar with what people with disabilities can accomplish, it might be
>OK, though.
>
>
>
>> At 08:25 AM 10/24/2007, you wrote:
>> >Hi yawl!
>> >
>> >Hey check out these to films.  I think this will be some great
>> >TV!!  I cant find the days-times for these, but I think they're
>> >on PBS sometime tonight Wednesday.
>> >
>> >See ya-Gary
>> >
>> >http://www.righttorisk.org/
>> >
>> >http://www.teachingsofjon.com/
>> >
>> --
>> 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.
>>
>> -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
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