They figure that since we know they can't be cured, we're just saying we don't want it anyway. Or they figure that since we've been disabled all our lives we just don't know what we're missing. The friend sends him news clippings of inspirational crips. I want to reach the disabled people, young disabled people. I mostly get people who have disabilities, and I like it that way.
Disability studies is very much like women's studies, African American studies, Asian studies.
African American studies courses look to whites to fill them. This isn't about converting nondisabled people, she pointed out. LaSpina did finally read Martin's article. It could have been worse. She felt frustrated whenever she talked to them.