well, they could have had the class sit to the right side of the benches...Momma drama.
The one photo is hard to analyze. Could the wheelchair be closer? I can’t tell.
If I were the photographer I would have put him right in the middle in the front and have the other kids form a gap.
It looks like the put his chair as close as it could get to the benches.
I see this picture and I am sad for the kid and his family. A liberal sees this picture and sees an opportunity to add more Government.
The kid is in a class of kids with no faces!
“How dare my child NOT be the center of attention!!”
That pretty much sums this up
Instead of a big group hug photo with Miles at the center, and classmates and teachers all around...
Welcome to the real world, kid.
The kids are perfectly centewred on the benches, leaving some room at each end. His wheelchair is as close to the end of the bench as possible. Mama too thin skinned and looking for percieved issues.
the photographer could have moved everyone one foot to the right and it would have been better
Who was the Heartless S.O.B. that did that to this child and his parents.Like this child had anything to do with his physical infirmities.
If this was done by the photographer,the school system needs to hire a new Photographer.I would also think about hiring an attorney to sue for a violation of this child’s rights to be treated the same as the other kids in the class.
Don’t let Bill Maher see this ‘retarded’ kid! /s
If I had been in charge I would have taken him out of his wheelchair and let him sit on the bench.
Life sucks. It really does. I feel deeply for this family and what they must endure. I wish the photographer would have been a little more astute and placed the wheelchair in the center of the photo and not off to the side. But he didn’t.
I would also like it if people wouldn’t point at him as he goes by in the mall, but they do and will. I would also like it if people didn’t speak in front of him as if he isn’t there or speak to him as if he can’t understand them. I know those things happen as well.
I’ve been around more than a few people with disabilities in my like so I know that’s how people treat them. It sucks. And for parents of children with disabilities, they hurt for their kids when it happens.
But you put the picture up anyway and watch him smile. He will realize that you are pleased enough with him that you put it up even if someone didn’t treat him right.
MAD -— Mothers Against Demeanor’s
Send this mother something shiny to gawk at.
As a photographer, I can comment that many of the commercial photographers who do this level of work are extraordinarily clueless, and downright stupid when it comes to setting up a picture - I’ve seen it over and over again with band photos, etc - they think that getting the correct exposure and focus is the sum total of a photo.
It looks like the riser is largely to blame.
well, they could have had the class sit to the right side of the benches...This photo is wrong.
They could have fit two more students in the front row, had the wheelchair bound student at the end with the teacher between them filling in the gap.
When I was in High School back in the 80’s we had a wheelchaired student in our class. I don’t recall why he was in a wheelchair because it was never an issue. He was one of us. Because of him only my class was allowed to use the elevator :) how cool was that! ha ha. Our class photos ALWAYS had him front center.