She explained with convincing argument that it is us "Bi-ped ambulatory" people
who are disabled. Her reasoning for that? Well...

1. If she gets tired, she can almost awlawys find some one willing to
push her chair. So even dog tired, she can still go places and do what she
wants or needs to. How many of those wheelchair pushers would offer to
CARRY us if we got tired?

2. She demonstrated how far she can get with one push and challenged me
to cover the same distance with 1 step! By her measurements, I work 4 times
harder to get to where I want to go.

3. We so much want to be like them that we have created this thing
called an automobile, a wheeled vehicle to get us where we want to go faster
than our feet. But her wheeled vehicle is even better than ours because she
doesn't have to find a parking spot at the mall for hers. Store owners let
her drive it right in!

4. Just because there are more of us bi-peds, what makes us think we
are the "able" model. True perfection is difficult. Isn't art more
valuable because of its uniquness and limited quantity?

5. Those of us with the disability of bi-ped can pretend to be
able-bodied at times since most amusement parks, even malls, allow you to
rent a wheelchair to make it easier for us to get to the whole park!

Marianne, mother of Steven, 6 year old bi-ped and Anthony, 2 year old bi-ped!!!
magner@carroll.com

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