Take the weekend off Laurence,
(where do I send a get well card?)
rgds John
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From: Laurence Bathurst <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 3:04 PM
Subject: (Fwd) Re: simulation exercises
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> From: "Laurence Bathurst" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Date sent: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 14:36:23 +1100
> Subject: Re: simulation exercises
> Priority: normal
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> Hi everyone
>
> I wonder has anyone simulated the experiences of people with
> intellectual/developmental disabilities? I was wondering how one might do
> this. Perhaps you could do what the woman did (darn...can't remember
> her name...she did the 'blue eyes' experiment with kids to show what
> racial oppression was like). You could, for an entire week, take control
of
> every action and thought, squash any self-determination and decision
> making, put them on a behaviour modification program, take away all
> sexual, financial and other basic human rights, make mundane all
> activities, and take them for walks in small groups round and round a
> shopping centre (mall). Am I becoming a cynic?
>
> I was also thinking that if students are to know what its like to have a
> physical disability and maybe an aquired brain injury, pop them in a chair
> and push them down the stairs or in front of a moving car. Sorry folks,
> thats awful - but I was just thinking how tempting that is, with some
> students :-)
>
>
> Best regards
>
> Laurence Bathurst
> School of Occupation and Leisure Sciences
> Faculty of Health Sciences
> University of Sydney
> P.O. Box 170
> Lidcombe NSW 2141
> Australia
>
> Phone: (62 1) 9351 9509
> Fax: (62 1) 9351 9166
> e-mail: [log in to unmask]
>
> Please visit the School's interim web site at
> http://www.ot.cchs.usyd.edu.au
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> Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious
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>
> Best regards
>
> Laurence Bathurst
> School of Occupation and Leisure Sciences
> Faculty of Health Sciences
> University of Sydney
> P.O. Box 170
> Lidcombe NSW 2141
> Australia
>
> Phone: (62 1) 9351 9509
> Fax: (62 1) 9351 9166
> e-mail: [log in to unmask]
>
> Please visit the School's interim web site at
> http://www.ot.cchs.usyd.edu.au
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious
>
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