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		<description><![CDATA[One dictionary defines confine as “to hold within a location; imprison” and “to keep within limits.” Does a wheelchair really confine us to our limits, or does it help us to circumvent our limitations? Ah, but that’s semantics, right, Gibson?

 

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		<title>Nurses, Bedpans and Rehab Romance</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Simoan rubbed her soft hand on the big intestine side of my torso. Up and down, her hand attempted to smoothe out the chunks that clogged me up. “Just relax,” she said. Her smile sent a chill two-thirds of the way down my fusing spine, and I filled that toilet bowl twice.

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		<title>Stock Up On Catheters, the War&#8217;s Coming</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You didn’t ask to be crippled, so you shouldn’t have to pay for it. If you’re one of the lucky one’s sucking on the State’s desiccated teet, don’t be afraid to order more than you need. Maybe you could sell the extras on EBay when things get really bad. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=woodylassitor.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8133705&amp;post=84&amp;subd=woodylassitor&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Shiner</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even though I’d already been in a couple of fights by the age of nine, I’d never been hit in the face that hard. My eye immediately began to swell. I’m sure I cried, and with good reason: a baseball had just hit me in the face.
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		<title>Disabling Access: Dumpster Diving, the Finale</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ADA is like a tool: It only works when you use it. It’s nice and pretty by itself, but it must be implemented for it to be useful.   

 

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		<title>Dumpster Diving, Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:54:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I received an email from the gut-challenged disability services coordinator about the dumpster blocking the handicapped parking space on campus. Here's what he had to say:

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		<title>Freedom of Speech, Anyone?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The topic of free speech is one of the most contentious issues in liberal societies. If the liberty to express oneself is not highly valued, as has often been the case, there is no problem: freedom of expression is simply curtailed in favor of other values. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=woodylassitor.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8133705&amp;post=76&amp;subd=woodylassitor&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dumpster Parked in Handicapped Parking</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:12:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Mr. so-and-so, I am calling about the dumpster parked in the handicapped parking spot. Does that dumpster have a permit to park there?” I said.

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		<title>So Many Christians, So Few Lions</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Either We&#8217;re Created Equal, or We&#8217;re Not</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A student wrote an essay in which she claimed she wanted “the blind to see, the deaf to hear, and the crippled to walk.” I circled “crippled” and drew a line to the margin. My pen was actually shaking.   “This is like writing ‘nigger,’” I wrote. “Use disabled or handicapped if you must, but [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=woodylassitor.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8133705&amp;post=70&amp;subd=woodylassitor&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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