tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756292796580291035.post4308008194599091948..comments2023-10-01T01:56:19.699-07:00Comments on You Made Me Theorize: Paralyzed Veterans: Advocating and finding a cure?Joseph P. Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12757706787232014827noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756292796580291035.post-34809518951585045762010-11-22T07:58:30.205-08:002010-11-22T07:58:30.205-08:00I'll throw a really lengthy blog post into thi...I'll throw <a href="http://www.michaelberube.com/index.php/weblog/mighty_moloch_cure_me_of_my_severe_allergy_to_the_discourse_of_the_cure/" rel="nofollow">a really lengthy blog post</a> into this conversation.<br /><br />Also, if I can be difficult for a minute, allow me to ask why we gaze at people like these veterans in <i>amazement</i>? This question is not meant to downplay the merits of what they are doing. Rather it is meant to put pressure on what is, arguably, our default response to a disabled person doing anything other than opting out of activities that the non-disabled do on a routine basis.Joseph P. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12757706787232014827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756292796580291035.post-81454620907365520902010-11-21T19:59:52.068-08:002010-11-21T19:59:52.068-08:00Really good stuff. We should've talked about t...Really good stuff. We should've talked about this in class Kate! It sounds like you have a cool internshipMMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11772474168388069197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756292796580291035.post-6348238920836730712010-11-20T12:48:26.698-08:002010-11-20T12:48:26.698-08:00I think that what PVA is doing by both advocating ...I think that what PVA is doing by both advocating for their members and concentrating on finding a cure for them is interesting because it accepts and (in Davis' eyes) rejects its members. It's kind of like the title of that Broadway play: "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change." If the veterans are living satisfying lives despite being paralyzed, why bother with focusing on finding a cure? That being said, I think that, in this case, focusing on finding a cure is important because (I'm assuming) most of these veterans were not born with these injuries but rather sustained them during combat. I think an important distinction must be made between disabled people who are born with their disability and have therefore grown up with it and are used to it versus those who have become disabled as a result of something in their lives, whether it is a car accident or an injury in the line of duty. Therefore, I think that PVA focusing on finding a cure is not "rejecting" their members as Davis might think, but actually advocating for them even more.Kelseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08702407667939715244noreply@blogger.com