[Iabs-talk] Fun read
denise Avant
davant1958 at gmail.com
Fri Dec 22 03:39:13 UTC 2017
Fabulous!
Denise R. Avant, President
National Federation of the Blind of Illinois
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Subject: [Iabs-talk] Fun read
This is done by Dick Davis of Blind Inc.
> Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was a differently-abled individual who
> faced discrimination and social ostracism because of his red nose. As
> we all know, deer have beautiful shiny black noses. Rudolph's was
> shiny too, but it was red - so red that it actually glowed! While
> this characteristic might have been regarded as beautiful in some
> societies, it was a visible, ugly deformity in reindeer society.
> Because of it, Rudolph was mocked, humiliated, and disqualified from
> participating in reindeer games.
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> To make things worse, Rudolph fell prey to this discrimination,
> internalized it, and took responsibility for his misfortune instead of
> realizing it was a problem of the larger society. Since he was
> isolated at the North Pole Manufacturing Zone, there was no
> organization of disabled reindeer to explain this to him. So when
> Santa sought applications from reindeer to pull his sleigh, Rudolph
> hid himself out of shame until all the candidates for the job had been
> selected.
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> On Christmas Eve, a sudden fog, no doubt caused by global warming,
> arose, impeding the progress of Santa and his team. But when Rudolph
> came out of hiding, Santa immediately realized the practical value of
> his "disability", and hired him as lead worker for the sleigh team.
> The other reindeer, realizing that they had foolishly overlooked an
> individual with the exact skill set to enable them to achieve their
> mission, welcomed him to the team.
>
>
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> Were it not for Rudolph, the team would have failed to achieve their
> all-important Christmas objective, resulting in global disappointment
> to all the good little girls and boys. But because of Santa's wisdom
> in understanding that difference could be an asset rather than a
> limitation, they succeeded. And they memorialized this organizational
> achievement by creating a song which continues to be sung by children
> today.
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