David I think thats what I was saying. Pressure, Complaining, Legislation,
cannot in my opinion "change" anything. I change when I interpret information
and make it "Truth for Me"
DIN wrote:
> It isn't that attitudes cannot be changed. You cannot *force* an
> individual's attitude to change.
>
> People's attitudes towards pwd change all the time. Sometimes from
> reasoning and logical discussion and sometimes from just getting to know a
> pwd.
>
> David Kehler
> Information Systems Technologist
> Canadian Centre on Disability Studies
> Web Site: http://www.escape.ca/~ccds/
> E-mail: [log in to unmask]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Henry Cullihall <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: January 21, 1999 11:59 AM
> Subject: Re: Changing attitudes
>
> >Mairian,
> >My feild is MA in Theology. I am a quadraplegic involved for twenty years
> in
> >disability issues. It is my opinion attitudes cannot be changed. I do not
> even
> >try.
> >For me its a waste of time and I have so many interesting things to do.
> >
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