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Biggest handicap is society's
Society must learn to consider the needs of the
disabled and handicapped when planning buildings,
housing developments, or hiring employees, accor-
ding to an article in the January issue of "The
United Church Observer".
An estimated one in every ten Canadians today
has a mental or physical disability. Because of the
disibility, many of them have never been able to
enter a polling booth tovote;many can make phone
calls only from their homes, because the coin slots
on pay phones are too high to reach from a
wheelchair; special transportation to and from
work may cost $10 a day; 90 percent of the country's
45,000 parplegics are unemployed although at least
a third are employable; as children, they are often
denied the education that is supposed to be the right
of every Canadian child.
The magazine's managing editor, James
Taylor, writes that there is a growing militancy
among the disabled. They resent being portrayed as
helpless by charitable institutions raising funds.
Yet they are at least partly dependent' on those
agencies for support. They want to be indepen-
dent, but they know they can't do everything that
other people can: "Wheelchairs can't go up stairs.
The blind can't see; the deaf can't hear.
Many disabled are finding that their biggest
handicap is society's thoughtlessness. When
buildings have doors that are unnecessarily heavy,
when parks are designed with steps in the
walkways, the disabled are forced to ask for help in-
stead of being able to look after themselves.
Taylor concludes: "Learning to consider the
needs of the disabled in planning buildings and
programs may be inconvenient. Or even expensive.
"But we need to learn, because none of us is more
than temporarily able-bodied. At any time, an acci-
dent or illness could cause disability. Inevitably, old
age will do the same."
Miscellaneous
Rumblings
Me an editor?
The Rumblings has it on good authority that there
are two new editors working on the ZCN. Therefore,
this week's column will be used by them to introduce
themselves to you.
Have typewriter, will travel. My name is Mark
Hough and that is .pretty much the way that I came to
Exeter. I was in my final year at Conestoga College in
the journalism program. We were to spend the last
four months of our studies on a work term. Some peo-
ple in the course didnot want to go too far from the ci-
ty, but it did not make any difference to me where I
went, so here I am.
My home is near Sauble Beach so the snow in this
area is no big surprise. I went to highschool in Owen
Sound and spent one year at Niagara College in
Welland in the Radio -Television Broadcasting course.
I did not like radio (or I couldn't cut it) so I left and
started my journalism career.
The last two and a half years I have spent at
Conestoga and now I am on the last leg of my
scholastic career. Working on the ZCN is part of an in-
ternship program at the college. We are evaluated on
our performance and then they tell us if we have made
it as journalists (if I don't make it, I'm in big trouble).
Just in case anyone is interested, I'm 21, single
and known to be a lot of fun at a party.
Rob's own rumblings... '
As I write this column, I'm exactly where I don't
want to be - in the office.
Myself and a good friend, Mark Hough, have been
given a job, and more yet, an opportunity. The oppor-
tunity is to become editors of a small weekly
newspaper.
This is however, to be expected. It is what we have
trained ourselves for more than two years to do. Train-
ing and schooling are not always like the `real' world
though.
College was pretty much a closed environment.
We quickly got to know the few people we had to know,
and the few things we needed to know. The trick now is
to apply these things to a real job where cashiering is
the equivalent of a bad report card.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that this oppor-
tunity is pretty much what we make of it. I know what
to do, and how to do it, all that is left is to do it.
I think the best way for me to meet my own goals
and exploit this opportunity to the fullest, is to get out
into the community. It's not the closed system the
college was, and it's more than a little frightening. But
with your help, and an inhuman supply of luck, I think I
can make it.
And by the way, I'm 24, not married, but not single
either, (In that strange limbo where I've been home to
meet Mother, but I haven't been to meet a jeweler.)
and have been known to hoist a few, and afterwards
been fun at parties.
What to do if Jack Frost visits ,
In a winter like this, you don't have to be out
skiing or snowmobiling to risk frostbite. If it is cold
enough it may nip you while you are doing your
errands or shovelling the snow.
St. John Ambulance first aid experts say frost-
bite 'is easily recognizable ps the skin becomes
waxy white and numb. Warm the area gradually
by body heat. If your face or ear is affected, cover
the frozen area with a gloved hand until normal
color and feeling return.
For frozen fingers or toes, remove tight boots
or gloves. A good way to thawyourhand is to place it
inside your clothing under your armpit. Feet may
be wrapped in a warm blanket or snuggled under a
companion's jacket.
Don't rub with snow and don't rub. Where blisters
occur, they should be covered lightly with a sterile
dressing and bandaged carefully. Under no cir-
cumstances should the blister be broken.
If frostbite is severe, see a doctor immediately.
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