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I'd want go too. However, it's not just the physical limitations of keeping up with the crowd that worries me, but rather those instances when the Met Police will invariably over-react and the march becomes just a mass of bodies forced together for "security" reasons. I don't think they'll be too bothered about a "poor crip" being crushed to death. On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 09:31:40 -0000 T W Shakespeare <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Liz asks whether any restricted growth people will attend the march. > I don't know. I'm not in direct touch with more than a handful of the > thousands of restricted growth people in the UK! If you post that > enquiry to the Shortlist, Liz, perhaps people will reply there. > > But your query raises two interesting questions: > > 1. How accessible is a march as a form of protest? I personally cannot > walk more than about quarter of a mile. I don't use a wheelchair. So > marching is pretty much out for me. Having been on various Pride and > political demos, this form of protest causes me pain and embarrassment > (falling over in the street, having to catch a ride on wheelies' laps!). > So I'm not going. And to be honest, I feel very guilty and bad about not > doing so. > > I've sent my rice though. > > 2. Why should disabled people necessarily seek each other out on such a > march? Of course, there is an access issue about wheelchair users and > other people's mobility needs. But maybe people would attend such a > march because of other affiliations - socialist, gay, Quaker, Woodcraft > Folk and many other groups will be gathering in affinity groups on > demonstrations. We aren't just disabled people - we have multiple > identities. > > Me, I just hang out with my friends! :-) > > Tom > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: 12 February 2003 07:33 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [Fwd: [disability-awareness] stop the war march] > > > I would be genuinely (of course) interested in knowing whether anyone > from the uk restricted growth community, will be attending any of the > peace marches and if they do, would they team up and ally themsleves > with other disabled people? > > ________________End of message______________________ > > Archives and tools for the Disability-Research Discussion List are now > located at: > > www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html > > You can JOIN or LEAVE the list from this web page. > > ________________End of message______________________ > > Archives and tools for the Disability-Research Discussion List > are now located at: > > www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html > > You can JOIN or LEAVE the list from this web page. > ---------------------- Herkiran Toor, BT Project Manager Centre for Access & Communication Studies University of Bristol - Union Building Queen's Road Bristol BS8 1LN 0117 954 5717 [log in to unmask] ________________End of message______________________ Archives and tools for the Disability-Research Discussion List are now located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html You can JOIN or LEAVE the list from this web page.