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Girl with no arms and legs says cheerleading try-out is unfair after she fails to make school squad
Daily Mail ^ | 7/13/11 | John Stevens

Posted on 07/14/2011 2:31:36 PM PDT by Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

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To: blackdog

What a terrific story. Thanks for sharing that (I could almost visualize that entire scenario). And while our disabled can do many things, such as the gentleman you wrote about, legless and armless teenagers cannot do the kicks necessary for cheerleading.

btw, I do know a bit about disability as my mom is completely blind. So I don’t intend to be cruel here but there are limitations. Some are self imposed however. I wish my mom would realize there is more she could do to be more independent.


81 posted on 07/14/2011 3:03:58 PM PDT by Outlaw Woman (Palin/Perry 2012)
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears
I'm thinking of a new TV show, The Bionic Girl.
82 posted on 07/14/2011 3:04:00 PM PDT by matt1234 (ObamaCare: Killing mommies for commies.)
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

I’m not big and strong enough to play football. Do I get to sue the Washington Redskins?


83 posted on 07/14/2011 3:04:20 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (July 23, 2017 - This is Ellis Wyatt. I am on strike.)
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To: Zeppelin

You are sooooo bad.


84 posted on 07/14/2011 3:04:20 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Islam is the religion of Satan and Mohammed was his minion.)
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To: windcliff

ping


85 posted on 07/14/2011 3:04:36 PM PDT by stylecouncilor (Some minds are like soup in a poor restaurant...better left unstirred.-PG Wodehouse)
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To: Repealthe17thAmendment

What you didn’t toss him into the leaves and call him Russle?


86 posted on 07/14/2011 3:04:36 PM PDT by ET(end tyranny)
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

Reasonable accommodation does not mean you can win. It means you are enabled to produce a substantially equal product or service.


87 posted on 07/14/2011 3:05:29 PM PDT by jimfree (In 2012 Sarah Palin will have more quality executive experience than Barack Obama.)
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To: Vigilanteman
"We know," the kids protest "but we need a third base bag."

You're gonna go to Hell for that.

{suppressing laughter...}

88 posted on 07/14/2011 3:05:58 PM PDT by Allegra (Hey! Stop looking at my tagline like that.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I am not a minority, a woman, or disabled. There must be a lawsuit in their somewhere.


89 posted on 07/14/2011 3:05:58 PM PDT by Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears
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To: fwdude
No, you HAVE to be able to see, particularly well, in fact, to fly a plane.

Then how do pilots takeoff, fly and land in the dark with heavy fog? It's called IFR, instrument flight rules. If you can read the instruments, you can fly a plane. I don't see why instruments couldn't be set up for a blind person.

Some disabilities can be overcome. Apparently these days loss of your legs can get you running even faster with special springy artificial running legs.

90 posted on 07/14/2011 3:06:07 PM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: halo66

Wouldn’t that bee a hoot? Anyone could get in free as long as they wear a cheerleading uniform! ha. Might be worth paying to see!


91 posted on 07/14/2011 3:06:41 PM PDT by ET(end tyranny)
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

their=there

I am, however, illiterate.

Cha-CHINNNNGGGG!!!!!


92 posted on 07/14/2011 3:06:53 PM PDT by Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

Maybe she should try out for quarterback.


93 posted on 07/14/2011 3:07:01 PM PDT by RobRoy (The US today: Revelation 18:4)
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To: Skeez

I’ll bet she’s a big fan of the show “Glee”.

If you get my drift.

She is probably trying to emulate one of the characters.


94 posted on 07/14/2011 3:08:53 PM PDT by RobRoy (The US today: Revelation 18:4)
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To: Outlaw Woman
The guy I referenced worked at the Customs Buiding (not really customs, just federal offices) in the early to late 80's. If there are any federal employees who may have worked there here on FR, it would be great to know what became of him. I got my territory changed from the old city district to a home office job.

Does your mom have a speech synthesis application for a laptop? My mom had ALS and used her old Tandy Word Processor to talk right up until the end. It made her life much richer.

95 posted on 07/14/2011 3:09:46 PM PDT by blackdog (The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop)
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To: ET(end tyranny)

OMG! Her parents are ghouls.


96 posted on 07/14/2011 3:11:07 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (July 23, 2017 - This is Ellis Wyatt. I am on strike.)
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

I guess I’ll be the dissenter here. I’m just not sure why a crippled girl couldn’t be a cheerleader. There’s nothing in the article to indicate that this is competitive cheerleading. This girl is equally capable as anyone else of sitting on the sidelines and doing her part to fire up the crowd.

Requiring a crippled girl to do jumps and kicks to make a high school cheerleading squad strikes me as quite unreasonable.


97 posted on 07/14/2011 3:12:27 PM PDT by Publius Valerius
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

Do you suffer from testicular imbalance, damaging your self esteem? One hanging low can cause cruel attacks you most likely have never recovered from since childhood!


98 posted on 07/14/2011 3:12:54 PM PDT by blackdog (The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop)
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

I’m not handsome enough to date hot women. Who do I sue for that one?


99 posted on 07/14/2011 3:13:40 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (July 23, 2017 - This is Ellis Wyatt. I am on strike.)
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To: fwdude
Believe it or not, I’ve heard a blind man say that he could even pilot an airplane if he wanted to. Please!

I watched a late-night movie once (had to be a recycled made-for-tv one) where a bunch of blind people are on their way to a convention when the plane crashes on a mountain top and the only survivors were the blind people.

The dialogue was so unintentionally hilarious that you had to ask how this got past the script editors. I recall that as the blind people wandered around, a fight broke out about who would lead the group and one blind guy said to his blind rival "We'll SEE about that!"

Definitely a low light in filmmaking.

100 posted on 07/14/2011 3:13:52 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (Obama: The Dr. Kevorkian of the American economy.)
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