The reality that.there are people that use equipment to get around in their daily life needs to become the norm in media, so much so that the person using the equipment is seeing as a person, and the equipment fades into the background.
Marie Nicole Zimmerle
I connected with a chance to Fly right away; it had my attention when Nat Beacon goes to her first wheelchair racing team practice because I used to participate in an event called The exceptional games.
I also know the feeling of having to stick up for yourself when told you can’t participate in something simply because of perception. This point in the book took me back to being exactly 13 years old, the age that Nat was when she joined the Broadway bounders.
Furthermore, I know what it feels like to show up somewhere and not be provided proper accessibility. In those instances, there is camaraderie and brainstorming that quickly needs to happen.
I also know the hopeful side of things where people that have helped me before want to help me so I won’t miss out, or they want to rethink the current routine of an Activity so that I can continue to participate.
At the heart of this book is the lesson that we should not judge anybody by their outside appearance that people that are quote-unquote different should not be afraid to speak up and ask for help I’m so glad that this book is out into the world, congratulations Ali and Stacy
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