Comments on: Limping Up to Expectations http://sufficientscruples.com/blog/2006/08/04/limping-up-to-expectations/ Bioethics, healthcare policy, and related issues. Tue, 22 May 2012 09:17:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Blue/Kay http://sufficientscruples.com/blog/2006/08/04/limping-up-to-expectations/comment-page-1/#comment-13603 Blue/Kay Sat, 05 Aug 2006 18:27:41 +0000 http://sufficientscruples.com/blog/2006/08/04/limping-up-to-expectations/#comment-13603 <i>I was particularly taken aback by her pointing out how recently it has been that “mainstreaming” was accepted as a norm for the education of special-needs students.</i> Just to clarify, I don't think I actually qualified as a "special-needs student," no one ever called me one that I ever heard, and I definitely never considered myself one. I used a manual chair and needed a key to the high school elevator, and a push up a ridiculously steep ramp in the middle of the building's second floor. I had to use the nurse's office restroom because it was the only actually accessible one in the building. Beyond that, I was your basic honor student. I used the same student desks everyone else did, though I turned the attached chair away so I could better reach the desk part. IIRC, I graduated 12th in a class of nearly 600. My point is that people like me who had NO special needs academically were segregated until my generation. Great post, though. It's raised some new thoughts for me. I was particularly taken aback by her pointing out how recently it has been that “mainstreaming” was accepted as a norm for the education of special-needs students.
Just to clarify, I don’t think I actually qualified as a “special-needs student,” no one ever called me one that I ever heard, and I definitely never considered myself one. I used a manual chair and needed a key to the high school elevator, and a push up a ridiculously steep ramp in the middle of the building’s second floor. I had to use the nurse’s office restroom because it was the only actually accessible one in the building.

Beyond that, I was your basic honor student. I used the same student desks everyone else did, though I turned the attached chair away so I could better reach the desk part. IIRC, I graduated 12th in a class of nearly 600. My point is that people like me who had NO special needs academically were segregated until my generation.

Great post, though. It’s raised some new thoughts for me.

]]> By: Jennifer http://sufficientscruples.com/blog/2006/08/04/limping-up-to-expectations/comment-page-1/#comment-13602 Jennifer Sat, 05 Aug 2006 17:57:05 +0000 http://sufficientscruples.com/blog/2006/08/04/limping-up-to-expectations/#comment-13602 I just found your blog and wanted to let you know I enjoy it. Thanks for providing such a comprehensive set of bioethics links. Well done... I just found your blog and wanted to let you know I enjoy it. Thanks for providing such a comprehensive set of bioethics links. Well done…

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