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Hi all, I touch on some of these thoughts in my chapter about geographical perspectives on disability -'reflections on a journey', in the book 'disability, divers-ability and legal change', edited by Lee Ann Marks and Melinda Jones, Kluwer International, 1999. Best Wishes, Glenn Smith > > >Fiona Harrison wrote: >> >> I think you raise some very important points which need further discussion. >> Is exclusion on account of "not having strength to participate" in >> activities of life really so different from exclusion "because of >> discrimination or "not being able to get into a building"? > > I think this is a very important point: one might (with a power >wheelchair) be able to get from one's home to a public building (via >accessible bus or alternate transportation), and drive up the ramp, only >to be foiled by a wide-enough door without an electric opener motor -- >in this case, the person using the chair does "not [have the] strength >to participate," not because he or she is incapable but because of a >barrier that should not be there. > > I hasten to add that there are likely limits to this argument; I just >am not sure where they are. > > > >-- >____________________________________________________ > >Timothy Lillie [log in to unmask] > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%