[blindlaw] Fw:AccommodationandComplianceseries:TheADAAmendmentsAct of 2008

[Mark BurningHawk]

I'm sorry we don't see eye to eye on this point, but it wasn't my intention 
to persuade anyone of the efficacy of anything.  I just posed a question as 
to whether a certain approach to disability might come under fire.  I'm 
sorry I'm not making myself understood.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ross Doerr" <rumpole at roadrunner.com>
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Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 12:40 PM
Subject: Re: 
[blindlaw]Fw:AccommodationandComplianceseries:TheADAAmendmentsAct of 2008


> Martial aart truly has been around for several thousand years. But it 
> never was, and is still not intended to be applied to individuals with a 
> disability as an aid or remedial skill for that disability.
> It does not translate into anything related to a mobility aid, be it dog 
> or cane.
> Mark, I was in martial arts for many, many years both during and after I 
> went blind. I find it to be great exercise and good self disciplin. It is 
> an ancient and excellent form of fighting and self defense.
> But it truly has no place for consideration in either mobility or in the 
> definition of "disability" under any law.
> IT is a philosophy that is part physical and part disciplin.
>
>
>
> You're
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "T. Joseph Carter" <carter.tjoseph at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 2:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] 
> Fw:AccommodationandComplianceseries:TheADAAmendmentsAct of 2008
>
>
>> The problem is that if you're focused on Bollywood's fictional accounts 
>> of legendary martial artists with disabilities, you're more likely to 
>> fall down a flight of stairs or something than stand up to scrutiny.
>>
>> Joseph
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 04, 2009 at 08:58:49AM -0800, Mark BurningHawk wrote:
>>> A martial arts approach to disability and mobility may, if the 
>>> definition of disability were to rely upon the uses of such things as 
>>> canes or dogs. Respectfully, I would point out that the martial arts are 
>>> older than the white cane by several thousand years, so "time proven," 
>>> seems to be a rather poor criterion upon which to judge.  Look, I'm not 
>>> saying one's better than the other, just doing what I normally do, 
>>> thinking outside the box to see if the box will stand up.
>>
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