Editorial March 14, 1988 Issue

Everyone whole, everyone without handicap

Allison W. Phinney, Jr.

Special Olympics. Wheelchair marathons. Blind sailors going off on long, lone voyages. All these things evoke our deepest feelings of support. We cheer from the bottom of our hearts for the courage we see and for the overcoming that is going on.

In Western countries in recent years a new consensus of public thought toward the handicapped has been emerging. Handier parking spaces are set aside. Access ramps have been built. There are laws against discrimination. And most important there are signs of a new public attitude that deplores prejudice and embraces, welcomes, cheers on everyone in the human family.

Those considered handicapped often say what they most value isn't condescending sympathy but treatment as equals.

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