Show Wheel chair empathy Dear Editor I spent the first two weeks of April in a wheelchair because because because be be- cause of a bilateral foot surgery I had between quarters I thank those who kindly held open doors forme for forme forme me pushed me up that steep ramp into the technology building and held elevators Thanks also to the teachers who rearranged classrooms and teaching styles to accommodate accommodate accommodate me I am walking now but I Iam Iam Iam am much changed by the ex ex- I have a different perspective of life after looking looking looking look look- ing at it from a physically disabled disabled disabled dis dis- dis- dis point of view The frustrations of sitting all day maneuvering in crowds t traveling r a veIl n g sl slowly 0 w I Y in snowstorms and even picking up the pen I continually dropped behind me made those weeks very difficult and trying I admire the courage and determination of those who are handicapped and dis dis- dis- dis I have taken a short walk in their shoes I hope that the same courtesy and assistance assistance assistance as as- I experienced are given just as freely to those who cannot walk away from their wheelchairs Michael Ware |