“When kindness and inclusion of disabled kids is seen as applause-worthy, it shows how society really feels about disabled people.” – Disabled Feminist via Facebook This weekend, I saw these words shared atop a post of a blog from a mother of a child with a disability.
The child had just been invited to her first-ever birthday party. “Fitting,” I thought. The day before, I was at a track meet for my nearly-18-year-old twins, and there was a “unified” 100-meter race.
Typical “unified” sports teams consist of athletes both with and without disabilities, but my experience is that few athletes without disabilities join these “unified” groups.
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