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An Ordinary Day
December 3rd, 2009
By Dave Hinsburger, Rolling Around in My Head
When I got on the WheelTrans van headed for work, it was already pretty crowded. In the back corner was a tiny little woman holding on tight to a walker that had been folded up. I asked her if she would mind if I sat next to her. She didn’t answer but she didn’t shrink away at the idea, either. We drove away in silence and I relaxed into the drive.
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This may not seem like the stuff of a blog, but it is the stuff of life. Her life. There was a day, not really long ago, where people with significant disabilities did not experience the dignity of independence in any form. There was a day when people would have found her sounds frightening, her difference alarming. There was a day when she would not have sat next to me on that bus.
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