In the tradition of Jerry Lewis, this ad meant to bring tears to the eyes of football fans during their favorite game, courtesy of the incredibly courageous former Superman. Reeve was quick to downplay skepticism. A photo showed Wambold in her power chair. Wambold, reported the paper, lived in a nursing home. Perhaps she felt a nursing home was an appropriate place for her.
Disability is a fact of life.
These kids should be . . . Time Magazine has virtually never carried the disability perspective. For 28 years I've been hearing that a cure is just a few years away. Being a doctor, I have discounted such nonsense. Maybe Krauthammer didn't get it completely right, but his authoritative spin on the potentially devastating impact of Reeve's message on newly disabled people was a major media inroad.