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Year of the disabled
The Year of :Disabled Persons has made some snap and
significant differences tor the two million Canadians who
are physically or mentally disabled.
The small differences include the wheelchair ramps on
post offices and other • public buildings,thea
symbols in patting lots and supermarkets and on the doors'
to public washrooms, , and the sloped curbs on sidewalks.
The Year of the Disabled has focussed attention on the
needs and accomplishments of the disabled. To see
accomplishments one has to look no further than right at
home.
Lucknow's Lorne Reid has beena living example of area
disabled for many years. Although confined to a wheelchair
by polio, he has operated a busy and successful shoe repair
service. And Lorne's quality service and amiaple personality
have brought him customers from far away including major
cities. There is hardly a hockey player in Ludaiow who
hasn't grown up on skates sharpened by Corn's . skillful
Ther are younger disabled persons who are also working
hardto achieve. Audrey'. Ritchie, a paraplegic, who. is an
active member of the West Huron Junior • Farmers,' works
along on committees with. other''Junior' Farmers, painting
playground equipment or cleaning up a park; attending
conferences as the West Huron delegate and participating
in the club's social functions.
Attend Nursery School
Two year old Crystal Jardine, who is blind,' attends
nursery school at the Silver Nursery School in Winghann'
each morning. With the help of,parents. grandmother and
teachers, Crystal has taken , great, strides in her develop-
ment
evelopment. A very social little :girl, she is learning to sit, walk and
talk despite a,disability which makes all 'the things a two
year old does very difficultfor cher.
Seventeen month old Jacqueline Pentland, who was born
with a deformity of the spine, is a bright and active little girl
who is learning towalk with braces on her legs from the
waist down. She is adjusting and developing well despite
her physical problems and is benefiting from a home
visitation program administered by CPRI Regional Develop-
ment Services Centre in. London..
' Several area mentally disabled young people participate
in the programs offered by, the Golden Circle Nursery School
and the Jack Reavie Woikshop provides meaningful work
and skills development for adults who are mentally
handicapped.
A Chance Ti Be mat
The international year has not only been a , time to
celebrate the courage and determination of disabled
individuals but an, opportunity for society to acknowledge
that the disabled 11, as . a group have been discriminated
against or . hidden • away and forgotten.
Some of the significant changes sparked by the Year for
Disabled Pel sons have been a new Human Rights Code - not
yet proclaimed which will protect the disabled from
discrimination in employment, housing and public services.
Offering employment opportunities to the disabled has been.
one of the year's major achievements. If business,
government and industry continue a to offer employment
opportunities., to qualified disabled employees, then the
disabled will at least achieve what they have always wanted.
A " chance to live independent, productive lives as'
contributing, taxpaying, citizens of their community.
s. The disabled will still require society's help. Better
• pensions are needed for those who cannot work. The
disabled who are unableto work should not have to live in
poverty. ` OHIP should pay , for prosthetic devices the
disabled need and better transportation should be provided.
While the yearr has seen it accomplishments, the interna-
tional Year of Disabled Persons will only be successful if it
serves as a launching point for the continuation of the work
started this year. The achievements of those who live in our
community show that the ,disabled can progress and make
contributions to a better life in our community. Look not at
what they cannot do, but whi\t they can.
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by don Campbell
Even when Jane Dove asked to be
introduced to the Reverend Duncan
MacLeod, young Doctor. Cameron did
not suspect the real reason for her
request. The minister could hardly be
described as handsome. His obvious
poverty and shabby clothes would not.
have been acceptable in the circle of
society to which Jane had been accus-
tomed all her life.
Yet there Was a quality about this
Highland preacher which was irresist-
able to Miss Dove, It' was something
she had never experienced before, and
she told herself, unless she became
acquainted with him immediately, it
would be unlikely she would ever have
the opportunity to experience it again.
Ata sign from the doctor, the
minister made his way' towards them,'•
pausing now and then to shake a hand
o"r pat a child uponthe head. When he
at last stood before • then', Jane was
struck by the sincerity of his face and
'the strong but compassionate eyes.
"Ah, . there ye are Duncan. Allow
me to present to you 'Miss Jane Dove.
She also is a native of Scotland and
came .here this evening because she
was interested' in the objects of, our
society."
The minister took Jane's hand
gently. "I want to thank rou ma'am
for honouring us with your .presence;
and although belated, may I express
tnydeepest sympathy at the loss , of
your fathcrr:" • '
MacLeod would have moved on, but
Jane was determined to detain him.
"I understand Sir, that you and your
people are moving to a new part of.
Ontario. i think I have some informa-
tion " which may assist you in this
venture. Would it be possible that we
could ' speak of such things • in
private?"
She turned to Doctor Cameron and
smiles sweetly. "With your permis-
sion :Doctor, of course."
• When they' had left the main hall,
Doctor Cameron was still not aware
that his "affaire de'amour" was
slipping, from his grasp. There was
however, one member of the Friends
of. Skye who, being much older and
experienced in the realities of life, was
quick to size up the 'situation. Chippy
Chisholm sidled up to the doctor, and
taking . his , old clay pipe . out of his
mouth, he whispered in Cameron's
ear.
"Di ye • no think that women are
ficckle birds? I reckon that Dove of
yours has flown the coop. It seems ,
doctor, MacLeod's coo is louder than
yours!"
The doctor was not convinced:
"Chippy Chisholm, you wicked old
seaman you! Why do you have to think
there is a sinister reason for every
unusual action .a• body has to take7"
Chippy. smiled. It was a; crafty
mocking smile of derision.
"1 may be wicked, and a seaman I
most certainly am, which has taken me
across the seven seas and• to many,
ports in the world. Woman I know,
doctor. The white ones, the brown
ones and the yellow ones. They are
supposed to be the weaker sex, but V ,
sometimes think the good Lord put
them on the earth to connive 'their
ways into a man's heart. Aye Sir, and
when they have at last got him, they
make him rue the wedding day for the
rest of his life!"
At the end of the Masonic Hall was
a very small room, its real purpose
known only to men learned in the art R
of free masonry. On this occasion, it
served as, a quiet place where Miss
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