Oct 29 2008
Two Happy Stories of Disability
I am on lots of disability lists. Normally, that means I spend a lot of time talking electronically about discrimination, housing issues, and so on. Not fun!
But it also means that sometimes I get to read cool stories like the ones below.
Twenty- three year old Matt Farnworth is an internationally ranked inline skater. He lives in Riverton, ME. He has Epidermolysis Bullosa, a rare disabling condition in which his skin falls off and is easily bruised or torn and feels like rug burn. But he doesn’t let that stop him from pursuing his dream. In fact, he just placed 7th in an international competition!
Robert DeBlois is the principal at a school for at risk kids in Providence, Rhode Island. He is also a quadriplegic and one focus of the movie Accelerating America, a movie that was shown at St. Louis film fest this year.
