Category: Opinion


The Winter Olympics will soon be over and people will go back to their routine lives thinking that the best athletes in the world have done their job and our on their way home. But that would be totally inaccurate and a slap in the face to the Paralympic athletes who have trained as hard as any Olympian athlete.  If we can have an african-american president then why can’t we have the Paralympics televised on NBC?

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Miami Paratransit Comes To A Dead End

You would never think that there could be so much drama and suspense in transporting the disabled but in Miami, Florida it’s all that and more! Paratransit in Miami, Florida is operated by ATS, a company hired by the county to route the trips, take reservations and late vehicle calls. Under ATS are several transportation companies transporting clients based on their home address.

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Learning To Love Again
Several years ago, I wrote about Scrappy. He was the love of my life. A couple of years ago, I had to put him down. It was one of the saddest times of my life. I would come home and hope to see his face poking through the blinds. I didn’t think I would ever be able to have another dog in my life. No other living creature measured up to Scrappy so how could another puppy?.
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Let’s Flush It!
Yesterday, I went to Barnes and Noble and had to use the ladies room. I was literally behind a lady entering the restroom as well. In fact, she held the door open for me so it was safe to assume she saw me. Yet, she walked directly to the stall for the physically disabled. I couldn’t believe my eyes. She didn’t look to see if the other three stalls were vacant, which they were. So when she went to open the disabled stall, I quickly and happily chirped, “Thank you!” I guess she wasn’t thinking.
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Disabled People on Cast Off

True story. In the UK, there will be a reality show “Cast Off” parodying the USA show, “Survivor”. According to the article, in this link, the goal is to show how messed up we are just like our able bodied counterparts. Ahh! Isn’t that sweet?

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