Hi John good morning? a simulation cannot explain what it is like to be a wheelchair user for life. why not give the rosouces to wheelchair users to make films out of the experinces of the experts? keith On Wed, 23 Feb 2000 09:46:09 +1100 "John Homan" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Good morning Keith, > > regardless of the merit of simulation, unless the rational message you give > also has has a simular emotional content/impact/meaning to the receiver as > it has to the giver, communication still fails. Correct me if I am wrong, > but I believe the purpose of simulation is to promote emotional equity with > the receivers, so there is a convergence, and may be a chance that we have a > somewhat more common language at both the rational and emotional level. > > rgds John > -- Keith http://www.egroups.com/list/disabilitystudies/info.html %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%