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October's "Quotes of the Day"

What's your favorite? Feel free to share these with your friends,
colleagues, family members and allies.

While I like most of them, I think I enjoyed Charlie Lakin's quote about
"getting ready for the community" (October 5) and Kyle Glozier's remark to
Clint Eastwood about his Liberator (October 30) the most. Although, the
question from U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer (October 12) and
the statement about inclusive education (October 16) have to run a close
2nd. It's not easy picking just one! --Dave Reynolds, Editor
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October 2: "The tragedy in this case would be if people think Mr. Eastwood
has shown you don't have to comply with the ADA."
--Attorney Paul Rein, talking about a jury's decision not to force Clint
Eastwood to pay damages for violating the ADA (California)

"They don't want sympathy or want to be treated differently."
--Dave Baskin, head of the National Rifle Association's disabled shooting
services, on people with disabilities who are taking up hunting (USA)

October 3: "We'd rather go to jail than die in a nursing home."
--Chants from disability rights advocates, some of whom had chained
themselves to a White House fence, protesting President Clinton's proposal
to add $1 billion to nursing home funding (Washington, DC)

"They said they did it for my own good."
--Raphael Davenport, 13, on claims that his teachers placed him in a small
wooden box when he misbehaved (Oregon)

October 4: "As a teenager in the institution I became a self-advocate, for
myself and others, because I was the only verbal one there."
--Michael Kennedy, Self-Advocacy Coordinator at The Center on Human Policy,
at Syracuse University (New York)

"I hold them responsible. They knew about this, and they should have done
something."
--Betty Lyons, reacting to a report which found that facility supervisors
knew of fire ant problems several months before her daughter was bitten by
hundreds of the insects (Alabama)

October 5: "The bottom line is 'Nothing About Us Without Us'!"
--Marva Ways, ADAPT organizer from Detroit, Michigan on George W. Bush's
refusal to meet with disability rights groups (Washington, DC)

"Of course, today, we know that sending people to live in institutions to
learn how to live in the community is like sending them to China to learn
how to speak French."
--Charlie Lakin, about efforts to have the state of Minnesota apologize for
130 years of institutionalizing people with mental retardation and mental
illness (Minnesota)

October 6: "What you see is they quickly become a piece of furniture as
opposed to an individual with unique needs."
--John Dickerson, talking about what has happened to people who are placed
in large institutional settings (Indiana)

"Disability does not diminish a person's talents, nor does it give you a
talent you don't already possess."
--Kitty Lunn, an actress and dancer who uses a wheelchair (Ohio)

October 9: "For the family, this would be a dream come true."
--Sunder Rajan, on a bill expected to pass Congress which might make it
possible for his daughter Vijai to become a U.S. citizen without her having
to take an oath (California)

"I wasn't  expecting it."
--Andrew Dooyema, who has Down syndrome, talking about his recent coronation
as Luverne High School's Homecoming King (Minnesota)

October 10: "This was the first time such a group with so many wheelchairs
appeared at Carnegie Hall."
--Mamoru Takahara, who conducted Yukiwariso, an ensemble of people with
disabilities, in a performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 (New Jersey)

"I feel proud now."
--Linda Cothran, talking about her life in Gizmo House, a group home that
uses technology to help people with disabilities to have more control over
their lives (Florida)

October 11: "ADA Forever!"
--Chant from a group of about 60 disability rights activists during a
candlelight vigil at the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court building overnight
(Washington, DC)

"It's a lot of fun."
--Mike Mitby, whose buddy recently gave him vintage, three-wheeled
Harley-Davidson motorcycle (Wisconsin)

October 12: "It's been a learning experience for all."
--Debbie Armstrong, a teacher from Syracuse City School District, on a
program at Syracuse University that is giving students with disabilities a
"campus experience" (New York)

"Am I supposed to count them all and then say they don't matter?"
--U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer, on the number of examples
submitted in support of the ADA, in which people with disabilities have been
discriminated against (Washington, DC)

October 13: "It works to my advantage, my disability."
--Richard Devylder, director of the Dayle McIntosh Center for the Disabled
in Anaheim, California, who was born
with no arms or legs

"We won."
--David P. Moody, attorney for three men who won a $17.8 million lawsuit
against the State of Washington for failing to protect them from harm

October 16: "From a child's perspective, inclusion is a win-win situation."
--Christopher Tallo, member of the Down Syndrome Association of Northeast
Indiana, commenting on a case where an Indiana school is fighting a family's
attempts to keep their son with Down syndrome in an inclusive classroom

"We are coming to the end of handicaps. We have the means to make it
happen."
--Ray Kurzweil, developer of a print-to-speech reading machine, talking
about the future role of technology in helping people meet their goals
(Massachusetts)

October 17: "To tell someone that they are brave because they compete
without the use of their legs - now that's patronising."
--Jim O'Brien, chief executive officer of New South Wales Wheelchair Sports,
commenting on media and public officials' portrayals of Paralympians as
"courageous" (Australia)

"When do you think ol' Brent might be able to uh benefit from his hard
work?"
--From a telephone conversation in which former Deputy Health Commissioner
Brent VanMeter allegedly asked for a bribe from a nursing home operator
(Oklahoma)

October 18: "Shallow understanding from people of good will is more
frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm
acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection."
--Martin Luther King, Jr, as quoted by Terry Boisot (California)

"It makes me feel quite sad when you think that animals treat their young
better than this."
--Sgt. Fred Gonzalez, from the San Bernardino County Sheriff Department,
talking about the discovery Sunday of two boys with disabilities who were
apparently tortured by their parents (California)

October 19: "I created Pelswick because I want kids to know that people
using wheelchairs are just like everybody else, and they want to be treated
the same way as everybody else."
--John Callahan, creator of Nickelodeon's "Pelswick", the first prime-time
animated cartoon featuring a character who uses a wheelchair in the title
role

"What third boy?"
--Investigators responding to neighbors' questions as they investigated the
case of two brothers who had been tortured by their parents for several
years (California)

October 20: "Anybody (or any section) who lacks the necessary resources and
capabilities to access the Net is at risk of being marginalised in society."
--J. Murali, writer for The Hindu, commenting on the importance of making
the Internet accessible to people with disabilities (India)

"These statutes take an ugly social stigma and codify it in law."
--Kay Schriner, from the Fulbright Institute of International Relations,
commenting on laws in 44 states that restrict voting rights for people with
mental disabilities (Arkansas)

October 23: "The name Epilepsy is representative of every disorder that
people feel ashamed of because in the end, we're all just people, we're all
the same."
--Haithem Khatib, lead singer of Lebanese rock band 'Epilepsy', two members
of which have epilepsy (Lebanon)

"It was felt that she was being manipulative."
--Notes from a nurse explaining why staff members continued to restrain a
17-year-old girl for an additional ten minutes after she had stopped moving
(Texas)

October 24: "Whatever the activity was, the kids would say 'Mike's one of us
and he's coming along.'"
--Scoutmaster Dan Woodhead, describing how the members of Boy Scout Troop
202 insisted on including Michael Augustine, who has cerebral palsy and was
awarded the Eagle badge, scouting's highest honor, last night (Utah)

"I try not to cry when I think about it, but I'm so happy."
--Jessica Soukup talking about her family's new home, which was built to be
accessible for her son Keaton, who has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair
(South Dakota)

October 25: "The Olympic and Paralympic family share a common vision of
elite sport and I am very pleased that our movements today agreed to moving
together even closer."
--International Paralympic Committee president Robert Steadward announcing a
landmark agreement between both groups which will enable them to work more
closely together in the future (Australia)

"Clearly, disabilities of any form are no laughing matter.."
--From an apology issued by clothing manufacturer Nike, about an
advertisement which had angered many disability rights advocates (Oregon)

October 26: "What have you done in 90 days?"
--U.S. District Court Judge Douglas P. Woodlock, asking state officials
about his July order to find services for hundreds of Massachusetts
residents currently on waiting lists

"When it comes to children, extreme negligence is not an accident; it is a
crime."
--Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley discussing the case of a mother
accused of leaving the house while her 19-month-old daughter, who had Down
syndrome, drowned in a bathtub last month (Arizona)

October 27: "Getting out of here would be too sweet."
--University of District of Columbia student Roland "Chuck" Yates, 34, about
the prospect of moving out of the nursing home he has been in for the past
two years (Washington, DC)

"I ran seven meets this year. I'm so happy."
--Lakeside High School junior cross country runner Tyler Johnson, who has
autism (Washington)

October 30: "Because this is not a toy."
--Disability rights activist Kyle Glozier, 14, explaining why he slapped at
Clint Eastwood's hand when the actor tried to touch the teen's computerized
communication board last spring (Pennsylvania)

"A reader wrote the Herald earlier this week to say her son had seen a man
in a wheelchair and instead of asking what was wrong with him had asked if
he was a basketballer."
--Sydney Herald writer Greg Baum, as quoted in the Salt Lake Tribune, on
what has been learned during the Paralympic Games which ended last night
(Utah)

October 31: "What dignity is there in being told when to get up, when to
eat?"
--Trish Smith, 38, a nursing home resident who has filed a complaint against
the state of Utah for civil rights violations

"It's the right thing to do."
--Elmer Harris, president of Alabama Power, on the utility's attitude toward
hiring people with disabilities
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Distributed by:
Dave Reynolds, Editor
Inclusion Daily Express
Disability Rights Email News Service
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