Archive: October 2005
Standing’s not going to be a problem, or How I got chucked out of the ticket-selling moms
My daughter’s playing the Baker’s Wife in Into the Woods at high school. I signed up to sell tickets – not generally what I’d consider a labor-intensive job.
Ticket Mom calls me up. We agree on days. We agree on times. Then she says, “Is standing going to be a problem?”
“I use a wheelchair,” I say, [...]
Upcoming Concerts
Sunday, November 6, 2005, 2:00 pm, Cantabile will be singing at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park: Our Favorite Place. Some interesting music, including a Zulu/English piece called “A Hope for Reconciliation”, and the extremely fun settings of three Lewis Carroll poems: “The Lobster Quadrille”, “You are old, Father William”, and “Speak Harshly to your [...]
(Full Post)Accessible Parkersburg?
West Virginia Rolls Ahead: Inclusive Destination Development in Parkersburg, from Rolling Rains. My stepfather lives in Parkersburg, but I’ve never been there. Maybe it’s time for a mid-America road trip.
(Full Post)High School, again
Today I mistakenly went to a high school music parents booster meeting. I have not generally done well as a booster parent. I find that booster parents don’t seem to have moved on since high school. Remember in Desperate Housewives when Lynette is trying to be accepted by the other preschool moms? Good comedy is [...]
(Full Post)Charming
Wheelchair search irks football fan: A wheelchair-bound teenaged fan of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers is upset new security measures will require her seat cushion to be examined by security staff.
Which begs the question – what’s the level of search of able-bodied attendees? Metal detectors? Strip search?
Air travel in Europe
Ryanair, recently in the news due to its policy of charging for the use of wheelchairs, is back with Ryanair is attacked for ejecting blind passengers.
On the plus side, and resulting partially from the Ryanair wheelchair suit, Airport agreement to end discrimination against disabled:
A new agreement ensuring all European Union airports are made fully [...]
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