nice posting,
Sara
> This is my first, and likely to be only posting. I have plucked up the
> courage to
> share my thoughts with you. I often read with interest and enjoyment
> discussion played out on this list. However, I very quickly came to feel
> that I
> was not of a certain vocabulary level and have comparatively less
> developed
> understanding. Not to worry I thought, t’is understood in academia that we
> are all on learning curves of varying arcs. Yet certain postings have
> appeared
> to me to smack of ‘superior’ knowledge and almost a mockery of perceived
> less developed thoughts or opinions. Sometimes displaying what I consider
> to be an aggressive tone or dismissive of individual contribution.
>
> Ironically, with regard to the experience of disability, we talk
> of ‘access’, ‘inclusion’, ‘participation’ yet sometimes, what I see before
> me
> on this list is quite the reverse. Perhaps my thoughts/feelings will be
> perceived as a failing on my part but may I remind all that all of you
> were
> less ‘enlightened’ than others at one time. Indeed, you still are.
>
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