So what was their outcome?
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A football player with no LEGS
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The one I heard of awhile ago was that he played running back.
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"running back" crap! there's a joke in there somewhere, I can feel it
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Maybe he is a backup just incase the football goes flat. Ha ha ha I would go see him play for a cheap laugh. Can you imagine him getting tackled? Its like haveing a walrus on the pitch. Ha ha, how the he,ll is he going to tackle a guy 5 foot taller then him? Bite his knees off?
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Hi Angel!! It's nice to meet you. I enjoyed reading your message. It's good to hear that your daughter has done [and continues to do] so well. She is very lucky to have you. A few years ago - I was a volunteer in a 'group home' for mentally challenged adults. [I also sang in a group that entertained the residents] Most of those in the 'group home' were in their 40's. I would often have arguments with the employees of the 'home' as to how they should treat those living in the 'home'. I thought it was more respectful to not only accept that the individuals in their care were ADULTS but adults that had obvious limitations. [and to respond to those limitations accordingly] The employee's believed that it was 'nicer' to PRETEND that those in their care had NO limitations. "He/She can do ANYTHING!!" No - they can't. I can't. NO ONE can do anything. I suppose it made some of the employee's feel better about themselves if they acted-as-if they were unable to see just how limited those in their care really were. They would also [often] talk to the adults in their care in 'baby talk'. [if you know what I mean] I thought that was horrible. There was man named Donald in the 'home'. Donald had the habit of expressing his frustrations by kicking people in the shins. AND HARD!! [often causing the skin to break and bleed] The employees of the 'home' would respond to his kicking [if they did anything at all] by giving him a 'time out' - sending him to his room. [while the victim tried to stop the bleeding] I thought that was disrespectful. They were treating that 40 year old MAN as if he was a 4 year old KID. One day - Donald tried to kick ME. I was able to move away - just in the nick of time. I responded to his attempt to kick me by taking him to his room and quietly telling him, "I don't work here - so I am not bound by the rules of the home. IF you ever try to kick me again - I will kick you BACK!!" And that was that. Unbeknownst to me - an employee overheard what I said to Donald and got very upset. The employee told the other employee's and I was given a stern warning never to talk to Donald that way again. The next time I came to the home - guess who was the first person to greet me at the door? That's right - Donald. He had never hugged anyone before - but he hugged me. [much to the shock of the employees] In fact - he was thrilled to see me. WHY? Because I treated him like an ADULT. People often make the mistake of assuming that 'mentally challenged' and 'stupid' are one and the same. They are not. [at least not always] Would I have kicked him back? NO. So it was a risk saying what I said. But a calculated risk. But I had to draw a line in the sand. I had to let Donald know that it's NOT OK to kick people. As far as I know - he has never kicked anyone again. What this has to do with anything I'm not sure. But I thought it was interesting!! GREAT BIG HUGCraig!!
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I don't get it. You say they treated the adult residents as if they had no limitations, yet they treated them like children (with baby talk, time outs, etc.). Yet you treated them as adults, and spoke to them as if they were just ordinary people (i.e., as if they had no limitations), and they responded well.Did I misunderstand?My mother was legally blind for the last third of her life, and while I realize that she wasn't going to be an airline pilot, having low expectations was destructive in a variety of ways. But having to meet a challenges greatly enriched her life, in the long run.
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Hi SteveA!! Yes - you did misunderstand. We ALL have limitations. But we are ALL deserving of being talked to and treated with respect. The employee's of the group home did NOT [in my opinion] treat the residents respectfully. GREAT BIG HUGCraig!!
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So then you're saying that they should let the legless guy on the team?
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In reply to: But wouldn't a half dude have to be a halfback? Mmm, I think it would be a 1/8back, actually.
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I paid a dollar and got a quarter back
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**Hey hon, its nice to meet you too *hug*
I found your post really interesting, i have also experienced something simular, and don't agree with how they act towards some people. People can't do anything - whether with or without a disability there are always things we can't do...........just cos people are disabled doesn't mean all realism should go out of the window.
As for my daughter, well she will do as much as she can, she won't let me hold her back, on the other hand i don't treat her like she is special, we talk about her limitations and the fact that she can't do some of the things her friends do...........she understands that, it doesn't make it easy for her tho, and as she grows she understands how different she is and its heartbreaking for me to see that.................anyway i digress.where was i going with this.............oh yeah.................to treat people the same, you have to see and accept peoples differences. **
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Before people dismiss the idea of a guy playing (American) football without legs, they should read about Kyle Maynard. He's a high school wrestling champion from Suwanee, Georgia, and is now a broadcast journalism major at the University of Georgia. He's also a bit limited in the limb department.