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
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> 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
>
>
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>
> 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?
>
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