Until they can walk like everyone else, people with disabilities had better hold off on reaching life's other goals. It's just not acceptable to get married if one wheels, but can't walk, down the aisle. I've grown up with television and, perhaps at a slower pace, television has grown up with me. I now wait for television to grow up some more. And in all fairness, signs of enlightenment are on the horizon.
Disabled characters appear in wonderful commercials pitching everything from beer to blue jeans.
There's Benny Stulewicz, a messenger on L.A. Law who is mentally retarded. There's Linda Bove, a Sesame Street regular who is deaf. I hope so. I miss my old friend.